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Unlike the S&P 500, for which a stock’s weight is a function of its market cap, the Dow uses price-weighting: a stock’s weight in the Dow is determined by its price.
From MarketWatch • May 30, 2026
Article 91 of the new constitution read: “The regime of the French colonies is determined by special laws.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
As is customary in the genre, what we think of its protagonists is a subjective question, determined by perspective more than anything else.
From Salon • May 24, 2026
Whether this outbreak can be quickly contained or spirals into a repeat of what happened just over a decade ago will be determined by the response now.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
Latitude could easily be determined by the stars—the farther south you were, the more southern constellations you could see.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
