billions

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If SpaceX is underpriced by just 10%, Ritter said, that’s billions in profit for the “people and institutions that are lucky enough to get shares allocated to them.”

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

India's central bank has already poured billions of dollars to stabilise the currency, curbed speculative trading and offered a special credit line to oil importers to ease dollar demand.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

They have invested tens of billions of dollars in hardware to upgrade their militaries and host U.S. bases.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Modelling by the NHS concluded that this would cost billions of pounds a year with a high of £3.9bn at the end of the second year.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

She didn’t like going out in public to begin with, and it was torture for her when families worth billions tried to bargain for cheaper prices.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix