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The sector has by far the best record of beating inflation, according to an analysis from Hartford Funds that looked at stock performance between 1973 and 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

The Scottish player with the best numbers by far this season is Oli McBurnie of Hull.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Services is by far the main largest economic sector, and in the United States the services PMI dipped to an 11-month low of 51.1.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

But by far the largest number of third-country deportees are being quietly sent to Mexico, where they are quickly bused to smaller cities thousands of miles south of the U.S. border.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

The fact that the factory wasn't ready wasn't the biggest surprise or the worst one by far.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson