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hike

[hahyk] / haɪk /




VERB
raise, increase
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Fed chair Kevin Warsh must navigate a divided central bank committee, elevated inflation, and market expectations of the probability for an interest-rate hike.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

So if the central bank was not making an insurance hike, one reporter asked, what was it doing?

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

The writer, actor, podcaster and aspiring ‘Prince of Christmas’ does brunch, goes for a solo hike, orders Postmates and catches up on the ‘Real Housewives.’

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

A rate hike doesn’t seem warranted until price increases start to spread beyond energy, and no one knows when the Iran war will end.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Twenty miles a day, I’d have to hike much faster.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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