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If a worker had invested $83 per month in an S&P 500 index fund and reinvested dividends, the account would have grown to some $55,000 by now.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026

Steve Caputo, a Trump supporter visiting from New Jersey for the first time in decades, said he’d expected the renovation to be done by now but wasn’t bothered by the mess.

From Slate • Jun. 19, 2026

“Roku’s revenues are by now majority advertising-dependent, but its costs primarily relate to manufacturing and related software development as well as physical marketing and distribution of its devices,” the team said.

From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026

“You’d think we would’ve learned that lesson by now, but it seems like every so often we have to learn that lesson again,” he said.

From Salon • Jun. 14, 2026

They were halfway out of the door already by now.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo