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disappoint

[dis-uh-point] / ˌdɪs əˈpɔɪnt /


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Owning at least many of them enables an investor to be diversified within this type of compelling idea, mitigating the risk that one of them could disappoint and destroy an investor’s portfolio.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

This summer’s bumper crop of crime fiction does not disappoint.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

For that to happen, earnings won’t need to necessarily disappoint; rather, investors can choose to take a dimmer view on the immense corporate investment in AI-related data centers.

From MarketWatch • May 3, 2026

Some viewers today prefer his freely executed little oil sketches, many of which are owned by the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt Museum, but on close inspection they, too, disappoint.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

“That came out wrong. I just don’t want him to disappoint you if he’s all . . . Dad.”

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison




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