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[in-deks] / ˈɪn dɛks /




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That comes after the release later Friday of the US consumer price index, with a strong figure likely to force the policymakers to hike.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

The Russell 2000 index of small companies declined about 1%, while the S&P’s materials sector dropped 1.5%.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

The producer price index increased 0.4% last month, the government said Thursday.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

The producer-price index rose by 0.4% last month, versus its 0.1% increase in July.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Just to test it, Jack barely brushed the tip of his index finger against the hilt, then yanked his hand back.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

With bets on a hike rising, stocks are in the firing line, with all three main indexes on Wall Street in the red and Europe also taking a hiding.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

Lately, though, the rally has sputtered; all three major indexes are down this month.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

European indexes fell at the open as an escalation in U.S.-Iran tensions lifted oil and weighed on sentiment.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

On the other hand, when energy has done badly it has usually been while stock indexes, and bonds, have done well.

From MarketWatch Sep. 9, 2026

We checked indexes and even leafed through some of the books page by page to be sure.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler

“Strong external demand, combined with continued implementation of existing investment and industrial-upgrading policies, may support manufacturing activity. But persistently weak domestic demand is likely to keep both indices below the 50 threshold.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

That’s according to Citi research analyst David Chew, who in a note published Monday analyses current investor positioning in the main U.S. equity indices.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

Temperatures climbed into the 90s with heat indices exceeding 100 degrees, forcing organizers to scale back outdoor programming, expand cooling stations and urge visitors to take frequent breaks.

From Salon Jul. 4, 2026

A massive tech selloff roiled Korean stock indices over the past month, as the severity of wartime shortages became clear.

From Slate Jul. 2, 2026

Activities or illnesses whose safety indices are greater than 6 should be considered quite safe, being equivalent to less than one chance in a million per year.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

It now hits far fewer taxpayers as the threshold matches the federal exemption amount, which is $15 million for 2026 and is indexed for inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

"We give site owners clear controls to decide whether pages can be crawled or indexed, and we always respect those directives."

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

The amount of money directly indexed to the Russell is measured in billions, not the trillions indexed to the S&P 500.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

Three hundred years later, Gray’s Anatomy by Henry Gray reinforced the impression that the body had finally been catalogued, indexed and neatly organized – a system mapped and fully explained.

From Science Daily Jun. 21, 2026

The remaining papers had to be “grouped, described, labeled, indexed, and reverently dispatched to their sealed tombs in the government vaults.”

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

As the search indexing of the chat logs is no longer occurring, it is likely Anthropic used available tools to quickly block the chat log links from search results.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Booth started up DFA in his Brooklyn Heights, N.Y., brownstone in 1981, after forays in indexing at Wells Fargo and A.G.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

But, he notes, the “average pop has gone down since then even though indexing has increased.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

Thanks to the visionary brilliance of Vanguard founder Jack Bogle and decades of strong returns, indexing is eating more and more of the market each year.

From Slate Jun. 5, 2026

By late 1966, Elizebeth and William were spending several hours a day indexing their library, at least when they were well enough.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield




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