discount
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Hengli and other similar Chinese companies are able to buy the oil at a steep discount to market prices, boosting profits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
The combination of pretax savings at a higher tax bracket and a tax bill at a lower tax bracket sets up what Chancey called “a discount Roth conversion.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
The discount tags have been placed, carefully it seems to me, directly over the Taylor Farms logo, giving the display the slightly furtive quality of merchandise that has recently acquired an unfortunate reputation.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
When I asked what had brought her to the Trump Superstore, aside from the 50 percent discount, she lit a cigarette.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Alpert grew up in the Midwest, the son of a man who ran the first discount store in northern Minnesota.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
An assessment earlier this year estimated that between 120,000 and 160,000 households could eventually receive the discounts as more projects are rolled out.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The mayor says they’ll have 30% discounts on a “core basket of goods.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Additional automakers are preparing to launch discounts soon, including Ford, Rivian, Chevrolet and Kia later this month; Toyota, Honda and Subaru in September; and Mitsubishi in November.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Sector-wise, retail trade lost 19,000 jobs, with employment declining in warehouse retailers -- firms like Costco, Sam's Club and others that offer discounts for wholesale quantities of household goods -- and general merchandise stores.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
“There are no discounts for youth or winsome faces—and no sympathy reductions for badly cut fringes.”
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
An evacuation shelter was opened at Carmel Middle School on Monday evening, and regional hotels are offering discounted rates to evacuees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Jodanna Bevan bought the toys from Shein for her children after seeing them discounted.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Our discounted pricing has been extended until July 24—Request your invitation now and save £400.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Would you live in a disused care home, pub or bank in exchange for a heavily discounted rent?
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Garry Kasparov, the reigning champion, was one who discounted the match’s significance.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
McDonald’s executives conceded on Tuesday that recent discounting initiatives haven’t always worked out and have even turned away some of the restaurant’s biggest fans.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
In Premier League terms, even when discounting the gulf in experience, Pickford boasts an undeniable edge.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Nike’s digital business and its stores in China have struggled, and it has tried to refashion those segments into destinations for higher-priced fare, rather than discounting.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
We also should consider treating food like medicine, with insurers and government payers reimbursing or heavily discounting healthy food and dietary programs that clearly lead to disease regression.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
It is true, perhaps, that I feel some trifling dislike of deer, but no more dislike than I feel for other natural things— discounting men.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
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