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catching

[kach-ing] / ˈkætʃ ɪŋ /


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That’s the potential difference between building wealth in your 20s versus catching up in your 40s when the most powerful compounding years are already gone.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

The market is finally catching on to what individual stocks have known for a while now—volatility is becoming a problem for investors.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Xpeng helped “jump-start” the task of catching up, said Thomas Ulbrich, chief technology officer for Volkswagen China and boss of the Hefei development center.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

He says he's been catching 20 to 30 mice in his house and about 150 in his shed each day.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Every time I mentioned catching something to Daisy, she naturally figured that I intended to kill and skin it.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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