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metric

[me-trik] / ˈmɛ trɪk /
ADJECTIVE
cadenced
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The metric, closely watched by investors looking to judge the returns on Adobe’s AI investments, includes around $480 million from Semrush Holdings, a brand visibility platform acquired by the company in April.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

He concentrated in the growth of Oracle’s remaining performance obligations, or RPO, a key industry metric that often acts as a proxy for long term revenue projections.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Instead, the metric is where they stand in absolute terms — based mostly on testing conducted in the 11th grade.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Capacity is a standard industry metric calculated by multiplying the number of available seats by the distance flown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

By 2020, that number increased to 375 million metric tons.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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