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lighten up



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That isn’t to say that trading activity doesn’t lighten up during the summer months.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 29, 2026

If individual investors and large institutions collectively decide to lighten up on their dollars, it will leave a mark.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

Or did the embrace of “Rocky” and “Jaws” mean that audiences wanted their movies to lighten up?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025

“But for us to be worried about two little numbers, you know, maybe it’s this generation telling us to lighten up a little.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2025

But he knows he needs to lighten up his palette even more.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman


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