definition
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IPOs by definition are stock events, but options trading will likely become the main event.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
If that were the case there would be no net effect on the global stock market from this World Cup effect, since by definition there always is the same number of winning and losing teams.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
Without a precise definition of the neutral axis, the entire construction was formally incomplete.
From Science Daily • Jun. 7, 2026
Almost always the topic assumes a Western liberal-democratic definition of rational, which makes the question pointless.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
The vacuum, by definition, has nothing in it—no particles, no light, nothing.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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