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boost

[boost] / bust /








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Research suggests that just 30 minutes of birdwatching, external can boost happiness, improve wellbeing and help people feel more connected to nature.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

DeepSeek, in turn, used a technique optimized by Moonshot to boost training efficiency and stability.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

For the projects to meaningfully lower bills or boost investment in clean energy, the government would have to introduce specific mechanisms to redistribute some of the revenues generated, Rutter explained.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

Until a few years ago, Levanon was a longtime skeptic of the idea that transformative technologies would sharply boost productivity and speed up the long-term growth of the U.S. economy.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

They look like gentlemen, or at least they do in the oil portraits that they have painted of themselves to boost their social status.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

His arrival immediately raises the club's global profile, boosts commercial opportunities and provides one of the most marketable footballers of the modern era.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

Operating results for its car business improved, driven by a weaker yen, which boosts the value of profits earned abroad in yen terms.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

The story looks similar for most other top yielders in the index, a few of which also got temporary sales boosts from the pandemic.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

An outdoor shower boosts the price by 4.3%, and outdoor fireplaces add 2.8%.

From MarketWatch Aug. 1, 2026

“What happens when the Sender boosts the power?”

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

Actual income taxes instead generated around $147 billion, as AI enthusiasm fueled a soaring stock market and boosted compensation for tech workers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Another local, Li Xixiu, said the main road had been developed because of the centres, which in general had "really boosted the economy of this entire area".

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

The company expanded its market share and boosted earnings with the VT Freight Express acquisition in Australia.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Australian mining titan BHP reported Tuesday a solid rise in annual profit boosted by surging prices for copper -- a key metal for the global energy transition and AI data centres.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

The window was a little high for Margo, so I put my hands together and she stepped a socked foot onto my hand and I boosted her up.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

The strategy so far employed has been a kind of financial engineering, with the Treasury department on Wednesday stepping in to buy back government debt, boosting demand for bonds and lowering borrowing rates.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

If confirmed that the test results were those of Maradona's father, however, it could discredit the medical commission set up to evaluate the circumstances of Maradona's death, boosting the defence.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

The summer increase in U.S. yields was starting to pressure on stocks, boosting the incentive for the administration to act.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

Higher-for-longer interest rates could help offset lower underwriting income by boosting investment income too.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

“Finally, a dim light goes on in that head of yours. Yes, Fai Zhang. Your mother was not simply boosting your self-esteem. She was telling you the literal truth.”

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan




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