bust
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The boost from AI is also reviving memories of the dot-com bust.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Regulators implemented the rule in 2001, following concern over the steep losses of some day traders during the dot-com bubble and its ensuing bust.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Eleven other booms suggest a bust is inevitable.
From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026
Micron trades at a notably low forward price-to-earnings ratio—8.4 times, according to FactSet—because the memory-chip industry goes through cycles of boom and bust.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
It is such a bad lie I’m sure she’ll bust me for it, but she’s up to her elbows in papier-mâché helping Emma make a Greek temple.
From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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