component

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The ISM prices-paid component for March, a gauge of input costs, rose to its highest level since mid-2022 when it was released last week.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 5, 2026

“Our theme for this year is ‘high-risk bull market’ and earnings seem to be telling us that the ‘bull’ component of that statement is holding true,” she added.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

When this price rises, it typically pushes up fuel prices too, because oil is a key component.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

But they were important component parts of it, and in hindsight, they told us something important: that women were showing up, online and off, advocating for themselves and each other.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

Architecture’s parameters are defined by utilitarian function and structural system, but there is almost always an aesthetic component as well, even when it consists of nothing more than a decorative veneer.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson