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The guidance came as the company recorded higher sales in its latest quarter, coming in a notch above analysts’ expectations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Preparing a live lobster might sound intimidating, but it’s a lot easier than you think and will truly take your summer hosting up a notch.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

I’ve liked her in everything but her anachronistic appeal is especially good in movies like “Gail Daughtry” that crank reality up a notch so everything moves fast and silly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Shares are down 27% in June and, if the downward trajectory holds, are set to notch their worst monthly percentage decline since February 2021, when the stock dropped 32%, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

Afterward I marked the day on the tree trunk with a star—crudely scratched out—rather than an ordinary notch as usual.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

The authors estimated that private ratings are effectively two to three notches more favorable than public ratings with comparable impairment risk.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

There would be no steamrolling at this stage of the competition, a level several notches above anything that had come before.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Even more striking, in more than 500 wild primates, across 27 species both living and fossil, we found no trace of a common modern dental disease: deep, V-shaped gumline notches called abfraction lesions.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026

Mohamed Salah's latest unprompted public outburst will ratchet up the pressure on struggling Liverpool head coach Arne Slot by several notches.

From BBC ● May 16, 2026

My faith in God and in the Catholic church slipped several notches at that time.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

Caterpillar CAT 1.87%increase; up pointing triangle notched higher profit in the latest quarter as sales jumped, driven by continued demand for its construction equipment, as well as its engines and generators.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

It notched its biggest percentage rise in over two weeks.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

The company’s self-branded stores notched sales of $3.9 billion, up 5.1% from last year, boosted by higher prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

The broad overperformance, however, came as Ford notched another loss and revenue drop for its ailing EV business, and leaned on its storied pickup trucks to limit a year-over-year sales drop.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

They were notched and tied with either rope or wire.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers

Bristol Myers BMY -0.79%decrease; down pointing triangle Squibb raised its outlook for the year after notching higher profit and revenue in the latest quarter, boosted by its portfolio of newer treatments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

After notching 173 goals across all competitions with Tottenham Hotspur, he finished with nine goals in his first 10 regular-season appearances for LAFC.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

Despite notching a 19-fold quarterly profit increase, shares in chip maker Samsung fell, dragging on stocks across the AI supply chain as investors bet that the memory trade may be topping out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

After opening with a scoreless draw against Cape Verde, the reigning European champions have scored eight goals in the past three games, with Mikel Oyarzabal notching a pair of braces.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

Speedily notching shafts to their strings, the archers angled their bows upwards.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques