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invest

[in-vest] / ɪnˈvɛst /




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One relatively simple upgrade is to invest in soft-close hinges and quality handles, experts advised.

From MarketWatch Aug. 1, 2026

The extra income means the club can then invest more in players like Sandro Tonali, who joined Spurs last month for a club record fee which could reach £100m.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

Craig said she would also launch a new £20m high street scheme, promising it would support small businesses, revitalise empty units and invest in town-centre regeneration.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

If you want to make the Internal Revenue Service happy, invest in a private fund.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Then there was the question of what sorts of costume were appropriate on such a journey, and whether or not it was worth my while to invest in a new set of clothes.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

GSK said it invests more than £6 billion in R&D each year, of which around one quarter of the amount is in the UK.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

There’s also concern about how the firms will monetize their holdings, turning their paper profits into actual gains, said David Mann, chief executive of the Mannsion Group, which invests in late-stage private companies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

Thursday’s results arrived as Netflix invests more deeply in live-event broadcasts, podcasts and its advertising business.

From MarketWatch Jul. 16, 2026

Meta Platforms Inc. is alerting thousands of employees that they’re being laid off, part of a previously announced restructuring aimed at reducing costs while the company invests heavily in artificial intelligence.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

I just finished a draft essay about my career dream: a fair-trade company that invests in and designs eco-friendly clothes sewn and embroidered by Indian village women.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

"There's a lot of research and funding invested in studying late-stage neurodegenerative diseases, but we actually know very little about how the brain changes throughout the normal healthspan of an individual," says Kronauer.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

Investors understood these themes; some traded in and out of oil stocks, others invested in fertilizer companies.

From MarketWatch Aug. 1, 2026

Investors had become concerned over the hundreds of billions of dollars being invested in AI by big technology firms.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

More recently, ICE has invested in the plumbing of the U.S. mortgage market, betting that its legacy, paper-based processes are overdue for digital transformation.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

This is his wife getting arrested, and he’s more invested in scooping stray fries from the white paper sack.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

“We are driving efficiencies across the business, actively investing in and hiring for AI-focused skills, and managing headcount with discipline to end 2026 where we started.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

Beth Pinsker writes the Fix My Portfolio column, which encompasses investing, tax and retirement planning, healthcare expenses, estate planning and more.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

“As adoption grows, we gain the revenue, real-world feedback, and visibility into demand to keep investing in the next generation of research and infrastructure.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

“Investors have become too myopic about the words ‘AI’ and ‘data center’ and they’re not stepping back and looking at what’s going on,” said Richard Bernstein, global head of macro investing at Janus Henderson.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

They decided to keep on investing their money themselves.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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