chalk
Example Sentences
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Bailey chalks this hesitancy up to education, but Motta says it’s not just that, noting that many pet parents today are well-read.
The recent moves can be chalked up to “heightened geopolitical risk and a broader move away from the US Dollar,” Deutsche Bank strategist Henry Allen said Wednesday.
From Barron's
It had his notebooks, pens, plastic baggie full of chalk, sketch pads.
From Literature
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Gold’s impressive run of form can be chalked up to the so-called debasement trade, in which investors retreat from assets like the U.S. dollar due to concerns around fiat currencies.
From Barron's
Some have chalked this up to speculators piling in, driven by “FOMO” — or the “fear of missing out.”
From MarketWatch
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