composite

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Since the end of February, the three major stock market indices — the Standard & Poor’s 500, the Dow Jones industrials and the Nasdaq composite — have fallen by a few percentage points.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite lurched into correction territory on March 26, meaning it had fallen 10% below its recent high.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

This makes it especially promising for sensing applications and advanced composite materials.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

U.S. stock indexes ended mixed, with the Nasdaq composite and S&P 500 both declining while the Dow industrials edged higher.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Professor Rolf Eliassen of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology testified before a congressional committee to the impossibility of predicting the composite effect of these chemicals, or of identifying the organic matter resulting from the mixture.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson