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The country’s central bank, Bank Indonesia, has set an inflation target of 2.5 percent for this year and next, with a deviation of one percentage point either way.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Plenty of students had been doing so anyway: 90% of Yale’s class of 2029 submitted either an SAT or ACT score.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Put options can represent either a bet that stocks will fall, or a hedge against that outcome.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

If the second test is negative, they are considered a non-case, and either referred to a hospital or health centre for further care or discharged home if they no longer have symptoms.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

I stared yearningly at the locked doors on either side of us; I could not remember behind which ones my sisters had disappeared.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom