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may

[mey] / meɪ /
VERB
grant permission
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VERB
concede possibility
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“Your paycheck, career, health insurance and retirement savings may already depend on the company, so a large employer-stock position can make your financial security dependent on that same company as well.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

Rather, both companies are controlled by “mission” directors, who may own little or no equity, who aren’t accountable to investors and whose missions allow—or require—them to sacrifice stockholder profits for the benefit of humanity.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

New Yorkers were warned by state authorities that they "may see visible smoke and hazy skies across the state and spikes in smoke-related pollution."

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

Davidson’s Luria told MarketWatch that higher interest rates and constrained availability of capital may be “issues unique to CoreWeave” given its “unusually high exposure to debt financing.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

"She slept like a babe. But we do not sleep on the trail. If we do sleep, we may never wake up."

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

“These workers might go three, four, even five hours in the morning without seeing the sun, which would hurt their quality of life and potentially their safety in the workplace.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

Imposing risks on investors might be a small price to pay if OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s mission directors actually ensure that artificial intelligence benefits humanity.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Any sign that war related inflation was causing generalized price hikes would be "a warning sign," that might require interest rate hikes, Macklem added.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

So Burnham's decision on personnel might be part of a bigger picture.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

Harry might be an established member of MAVS, but she wasn’t tribally enrolled, and her grandfather had been her only connection to the culture before he died.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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