blue-chip
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The NYSE, founded in 1792, was traditionally the home of blue-chip companies and is known as the Big Board on Wall Street.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Last month, Nike was ejected from the S&P 100 stock market index of the biggest blue-chip firms in the US.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Even Nvidia’s buyback, the largest in history, falls short of the percentage payout of many blue-chip companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The company's notional valuation has nearly doubled since a funding round exactly a year ago, putting it within range of France's biggest blue-chip companies.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
The population of Reston has grown in recent years, and high-technology businesses and blue-chip consulting firms have moved into office parks there, where glass buildings grew up during the nineteen-eighties like crystals.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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