invested

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Our research shows that companies with more cheap stock options invested less in capital expenditures and research and development after going public.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026

Some 45 original stockholders invested alongside Hawk, a sewing machine salesman.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

The Department of Health said it invested around £12m in suicide prevention each year.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

Drawn by high interest rates and relatively low numbers of defaults, Wall Street and other banks invested in lenders that started as charities or development projects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

I had worked for a full span on the lamp and invested almost all the money I had on the purchase of raw materials.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss