alpha
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“I think he really loves playing the alpha male who’s starting to crumble.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
He also courted strong and straight — and unavailable — alpha men to whom he appeared happy to play the beta role of political ingénue.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
Hydrogen alpha light allows astronomers to pinpoint some of the youngest stars hidden inside the glowing gas.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
“Investors are stepping back and saying ‘Where might the next leg of alpha come from?’” said Joshua Schachter, chief investment officer at Easterly Snow, referring to the trading term for outperforming market benchmarks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
For example, common chimpanzees have a genetic tendency to live in hierarchical groups headed by an alpha male.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
“This guy is a serial winner. I can also tell you how hard it is to have a lot of alphas and make sure that only one will be the alpha.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
The implications are alarming, since there currently are four industry groupings within the S&P 1,500 index that have trailing two-year alphas of at least 100 percentage points.
From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026
He and coach Brendon McCullum are two alphas in the England dressing room, possibly leaving little room for the growth of other characters.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2026
Dr. Phil, however, offered a different perspective, claiming both Swift and Kelce are alphas and pointed to their individual successes.
From Salon ● Feb. 29, 2024
We fired alphas, gammas, betas, the works, in wide dispersion, concentrated beam and just plain exposure.
From Make Mine Homogenized by Kelly Freas
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