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diversify

[dih-vur-suh-fahy, dahy-] / dɪˈvɜr səˌfaɪ, daɪ- /
VERB
spread out; branch out
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Why don’t I diversify where I can live?’” said Basil Mohr-Elzeki, a managing partner at Henley & Partners, a residency and citizenship firm with an office in Beverly Hills.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

In late May, SoftBank Group unveiled a $52 billion data-center plan in France to tap the country’s nuclear-driven power surplus and diversify its data-center footprint outside the U.S. and Japan.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

The odds of success are equally low when a CEO tries to internally diversify the different business lines on which their company focuses.

From MarketWatch Aug. 2, 2026

Some experts believe tighter scrutiny of traditional trafficking routes from Latin America may be one factor driving cartels to diversify their operations.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

“Maybe diversify is the wrong word,” she said.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

The U.S. needs Arab allies, and it has much to offer oil-rich Saudi Arabia as it diversifies its economy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

For Russia, the key question is whether it can maintain influence if Mali diversifies its security ties.

From BBC Apr. 28, 2026

Researchers believe these findings could help answer a long-standing question about how life diversifies so rapidly under the right conditions.

From Science Daily Apr. 1, 2026

Cook said that he diversifies his investments across multiple industries, looking for companies that are “broadly nondiscretionary” and are well-positioned regardless of the macroeconomic forces shifting the market.

From MarketWatch Mar. 25, 2026

The day and night succeed each other, the rotation of seasons diversifies the year, the sun rises, attains the meridian, declines, and sets; and the moon every night changes its form.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 04 The Adventurer; The Idler by Samuel Johnson

And traders who diversified their portfolios say it has helped cushion the blow from the stock market rout.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

If you have a 2% car loan, keeping your $1,000 invested makes more sense on paper, because the potential long-term return from a diversified portfolio may actually outweigh the relatively low cost of the debt.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

“This is the next big step forward in becoming a diversified platform, rapidly growing our revenue base and bringing scale to our business.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

"This is the next big step forward in becoming a diversified platform, rapidly growing our revenue base and bringing scale to our business."

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

Supreme Court ordered Duke to carve up his tobacco octopus, but the resourceful businessman had already diversified into textiles and electric power generation.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

“The industry is in decline,” said Tom Narayan, equity analyst at RBC, who added that auto suppliers are also diversifying.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

One thing working in the company’s favor is that Microsoft appears to be slowly diversifying away from its reliance on OpenAI.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

Its presence suggests that apes were already diversifying in this area before land connections opened the way for them to spread into Europe and Asia.

From Science Daily Jul. 24, 2026

While farmers will still get financial support, the programme also focuses on diversifying local economies beyond crop replacement.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

They knew how significant it was that another one of us had made it; it was like one more step toward diversifying fencing.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad




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