consolation
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Income investors enjoy one consolation: Costco does intermittently pay out large special dividends, the most recent being in January 2024, when it issued a special payout of $15 a share.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
The firm nudged its price target up to $150 from $135 but that is little consolation for investors who haven’t bought up shares yet.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
The only consolation now might be that this tournament won’t be held entirely without Italian representation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
If “Sinners” does win best picture, how’s this for a consolation: Anderson, who came into the year having never won despite 11 nominations, will go home with two Oscars — director and adapted screenplay.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026
Joyce was nearby, and that was a consolation.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Vocabulary lists containing consolation
Grade 9, List 4
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