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[uh-mount] / əˈmaʊnt /






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Because this means they technically allocated more than the offering amount, the so-called stabilization agent, in this case Morgan Stanley, needs to buy back the excess number of shares to deliver them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Over time, tidal forces synchronize the planet's rotation with its orbit, causing one rotation to take the same amount of time as one trip around its star.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

"Iran will be constrained by the amount of resources that they can deploy to rebuilding, because they will also have to address basic economic conditions."

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

If that amount was invested in an index fund that grows by an average of 8%, in five years they would have nearly $400 in pretax funds that they would not have otherwise had.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

You can take the cost out of the huge amount of money you’ll want to pay me for this next book.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr




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