duty
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Fiduciary duty is the highest obligation the law imposes on asset managers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Atkins and SEC’s two other commissioners now argue that stockbrokers already have a strict legal duty to execute trades with the most favorable terms for their clients, making the trade-through rule superfluous.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Is this a sense of duty to his team?
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
A year later, a court ruled that Devon County Council had failed to meet its duty when setting the fees it pays to private care homes.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Turkey Vulture just sighed and put me on basket-weaving duty.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
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Veterans Day Vocabulary
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