earnings
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This time, there are two big reasons earnings expectations have soared—and they are both probably temporary.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
The soaring oil price as first Iran and then the U.S. prevented oil exports from the Persian Gulf naturally led to higher earnings forecasts for big oil companies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
Of course, as private citizens, the couple are not required to declare their earnings publicly, nor to account for their every move.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
The SEC is expected to propose soon that public companies be required to report earnings only semiannually rather than quarterly.
From Barron's • Apr. 18, 2026
She saved practically all of her earnings, living like a miser, hoarding each penny.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
Vocabulary lists containing earnings
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Century 21 Accounting, 9e, Chapters 11-14
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