lofty
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In late 2025, a little-known Silicon Valley startup bet much of its remaining cash on a lofty goal: building the strongest open-weight AI model it could.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
The tech sector came under assault as traders fret over the mesmerising sums being pumped into artificial intelligence, with investors questioning whether firms' lofty expectations will be met.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Several weeks into the rollout, the lofty goals of the accounts are being confronted by day-to-day realities.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Governance complexity, lofty valuations and the gap between narrative and profitability are worth reading carefully before the road-show hype takes over.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
Howard University represented a singular opportunity for Dorothy, in line with the AME scholarship committee’s lofty expectations.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
One difference that AI optimists point to is that price/earnings ratios for the hottest stocks back then were loftier than the likes of very profitable Nvidia, Alphabet or Microsoft today.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
An uptick in business air travel is fueling loftier hopes for United Airlines, which is slated to report its holiday-quarter results this week.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 19, 2026
“Whether owing to that striking optimism or some other loftier force at work,” said family member Gregory Small, she had survived with pancreatic cancer for 12 years, a feat that left her doctors dumbfounded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2025
The prosecution had argued it was a premeditated coup, while Kim claimed far loftier motives.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2025
The heady taste of success had infused him further with morality and fired him with ambition for loftier attainments.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
While Halma’s guidance clears the consensus bar, it might fall short of the loftiest expectations, analysts at Jefferies wrote in a note to clients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
US gross domestic product in the third quarter came in at 4.3 percent on an annualized basis, easily topping expectations and the loftiest growth in two years.
From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025
Ascending to football's loftiest heights challenges the senses, and Girona's surefootenedness at this level is already being rigorously tested.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2024
And for the loftiest goal — a spot inside the top of the six spots in the West — the Lakers need to win.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
They were all three of the loftiest stature of women.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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