earnings
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As with chip makers, a temporary boost to earnings is welcome for shareholders.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
In October, the median analyst expected earnings of $19 a share in 2027.
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
On social media sites such as Reddit and Facebook, gig workers have posted about how the higher gas prices are eating into their earnings.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
All these subprime lending companies were growing so rapidly, and using such goofy accounting, that they could mask the fact that they had no real earnings, just illusory, accounting-driven, ones.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing earnings
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Century 21 Accounting, 9e, Chapters 11-14
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