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invest

[in-vest] / ɪnˈvɛst /




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If local governments are smart, they can take the opportunity to make improvements to their communities, such as making the centers pay for electricity upgrades and using the tax revenue to invest in schools.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

"To capitalise on this opportunity, the company has initiated the Reshaping for Sustainable Growth programme to... invest behind its industry-leading pipeline and transformative technologies."

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Thereafter, an Abu Dhabi–backed group invested $2 billion in crypto company Binance by purchasing World Liberty “stablecoins,” giving World Liberty $2 billion in deposits to invest.

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026

Under their Student Plan, they promise to "halt the plunder, return stolen goods to the state budget, and invest directly in education and the economy".

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Right up until the middle of 2007, Eisman had not suspected that the firms were so foolish as to invest in their own creations.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Now suppose the same fund invests $500,000 in a health business and holds 10% after dilution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

StoneX analyst Mickey Legg took a similar view in a note to clients that the cut “seems like a deferral,” as Tesla’s spending should grow as it invests across its business.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Bending Spoons stock soars as Berkshire Hathaway invests another $330 million in the digital media company.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

His composition “Go In,” on “Kevin Sun I.,” invests anew in the chord changes of John Coltrane’s “Countdown.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Zero in quantum mechanics invests the vacuum with infinite energy.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Thereafter, an Abu Dhabi–backed group invested $2 billion in crypto company Binance by purchasing World Liberty “stablecoins,” giving World Liberty $2 billion in deposits to invest.

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026

It has also invested in "neocloud" companies such as CoreWeave and Nebius, which rent out computing power built on Nvidia chips.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Many logistics operators who struggled to hire workers during the pandemic invested heavily in automation, which helps them navigate fluctuations in consumer demand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

The distributions, again if you have control over when they occur, depend on how the church’s finances are structured, but the longer you leave the money invested, the better the potential return.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

He made lots of money, the oligarch added, and he invested some of it in culture and medicine for the city.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

“In my investing lifetime, you know, if an index fund would do 11%, well, imagine how well you would’ve done if you’d leveraged that up 50% whatever the prevailing rates were over time,” Buffett said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Dozens of local water agencies have signed these so-called voluntary agreements and have begun investing in projects to restore wetlands and floodplains along rivers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

“Markets are no longer rewarding companies simply for investing heavily in AI, but increasingly demanding evidence that spending is generating sustainable profits,” Hathorn says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Like many other major tech firms, Microsoft is investing heavily in the infrastructure that powers AI even as questions remain over whether such huge spending will pay off.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

I devoted myself to investing money, starting new companies, and importing.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende


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