greater number

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The vastly greater number of investors whose “narrow portfolio underperforms or even becomes worthless don’t get press or dedicated Wikipedia pages,” Bessembinder told me.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

According to contrarian analysis, a major decline becomes more likely to the extent a greater number of investors believe that buying the dip always works.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026

Patients with more severe illness had a greater number of these clusters, while healthy donor lungs showed none.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

The Conference Board’s benchmark reading of consumer confidence slumped to a 12-year low this month, with a greater number of respondents expecting conditions to worsen over the next six months.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

The greater number were on the right, where the Firienfeld was wider; and on the left there was a smaller camp, in the midst of which stood a tall pavilion.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien