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a portion



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Even if only a portion of that projected spending materializes, Arcuri said it would support his “long-held conviction that industry WFE could approach” about $300 billion by 2029.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 7, 2026

"There have been technical rescues that I've been on in my career that use a portion of the skills that were used today, but this one kind of put it all together."

From Barron's • Jul. 7, 2026

In a drive-by survey of a portion of Altadena she identified 24 prefab projects, or about 1 out of 9 rebuilds.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2026

By early Sunday morning, after additional stops in Newfoundland—where a portion of the hostages were released—and Iceland, the plane landed in Paris.

From Slate • Jul. 7, 2026

She took a mound of rosy Jell-O out of the icebox, cut it in half and slid a portion on another plate.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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