a particular

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To define interest-rate cycles we used the federal-funds rate and defined a cycle as any one where interest rates were going in a particular direction over a six-month period.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

People like index funds in general, but they have a particular taste for S&P 500 funds, which are hundreds of billions of dollars ahead of any other funds.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

Place can dictate the feel of a particular action.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

That means that clients are looking for vendors that offer a varied suite of cybersecurity offerings for different sorts of needs, rather than those that specialize in a particular area.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

Two FBI agents went to interview the teachers who’d given it to Jimmy Bozart—but who remembers where they got a particular coin?

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin