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corporation

[kawr-puh-rey-shuhn] / ˌkɔr pəˈreɪ ʃən /


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When a corporation is doing well and is financially secure, then, yes, the interest rate on its bonds will decline because investors will consider them safer.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a congressionally chartered nonprofit corporation that is challenging the ballroom project, told the Supreme Court that the administration’s petition amounts to an attempt to “outrun judicial review.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

When a similar idea was raised last year, the trade body UK Finance said banks already paid both a corporation tax surcharge and a bank levy.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

The judge’s opinion contains this little gem: “The life of a corporation is indeed less than that of the humblest citizen…”

From Salon Aug. 19, 2026

Every person, just as every corporation, must tend to his or her own economic destiny, just as our parents and grandparents in the mills, shoe shops and factories did.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

Multinational corporations are getting nearly $200 billion back in tariff refunds from the U.S. government, helping to turbocharge some companies’ earnings.

From MarketWatch Aug. 22, 2026

Strategy also focuses on weapons systems, which corporations build for lots of money and legislators approve for lots of factory jobs.

From Slate Aug. 19, 2026

In yet another universe, we would restructure corporations to have more than one bottom line beyond their shareholders.

From Salon Aug. 19, 2026

A large number of corporations are already using open-weight models.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

It seemed that everyone I talked with wanted to donate money to the cause—individuals, corporations, and foundations.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry




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