haircut

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The capex boom propping up GDP growth just got a deflationary haircut from a research paper.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

That would be a 14% haircut from current prices.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

The haircut, the silver-and-lime Mercurial Vapors, a poacher with a toe-poke.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Someone got a haircut as cars whizzed past.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

On the way to the base Colonel Meecham announced to his sons in a calm, didactic voice that they were both in critical need of a haircut.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy