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The average fund in Morningstar’s macro trading category was up 7.3%.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Both fall under the category of "mundane job simulations", an ever-growing gaming genre in which people carry out routine and - on the face of it - not very exciting tasks.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

“It sucks when Sunday morning chocolate chip pancakes for the kiddos all of a sudden ends up in the ‘discretionary spending’ category of the budget.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

“Current Middle East unrest is already starting to impact business operations by increasing lead times, costs, container delays and the like,” one manager in the food and beverage category told the survey.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Both were fond of high society and preferred to spend time with the social elite—a category that didn’t include Elizebeth.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield