eke
Example Sentences
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The iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF looked poised to eke out a small gain for the week.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026
Half-built brick houses sit on once-fertile land, where families eke out meagre livings through small trades or day labour.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
Investors sheltered in shares of utilities and consumer staples, the only S&P 500 sectors to eke out gains.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
Today, bighorn eke out an existence among the russet-tinged barrel cacti, which they sometimes turn to for water in the harsh desert.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2026
What this technique does is eke out as many as possible of the sympathetic resonances, or harmonics, latent in the reverberating strings, thus imitating the natural harmonics found in plucked strings and struck metal bars.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
