burn
Example Sentences
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While broader market pressures have played a role, investors have increasingly questioned Oklo’s lofty valuation and heavy cash burn, suggesting their patience with the pre-revenue start-up is wearing thin.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
McElligott also provided this chart showing how Big Tech is set to burn through a ton of its cash that in the past might have been used for buybacks by the end of this year:
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
Still, the company will reportedly burn through more than $100 billion by 2029.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
According to forecasts it has shared with investors, it is set to burn cash at a level that would dwarf any other public company in history.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
And each day my candle would burn down a little more, until it was nothing.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
Vocabulary lists containing burn
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Words with Two Past-Tense Forms That Creeped (or Crept) into English
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