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Honeywell International circa 2026 can be like General Electric circa 2024.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

"Anyone with even the most rudimentary knowledge of leasehold knows that outright and immediate abolition of circa five million English and Welsh leases is almost certainly impossible."

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Manganese “is likely the key negative surprise, with our forecasts sitting circa 10% below consensus due to weather impacts at Gemco,” says Macquarie.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

So technically, I suppose the people of Zimbabwe, circa 2008, were the first trillionaires.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

He selected a speech from The Silver Cord, a play by Sidney Howard, first performed in 1926, but whose action took place in a New York drawing room circa 1905.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago