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poised

adjective as in charismatic

adjective as in self-confident

adjective as in self-possessed

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Activist investor HoldCo Asset Management was poised to launch a board fight at the bank if it didn’t pursue a deal to sell itself, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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“Panther Lake is already in production, on track to meet customer commitments, and poised to become the industry’s most widely adopted PC platform,” Intel stated.

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Apple is up just 3% year to date but may be poised for a breakout.

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The company is also poised to benefit from the migration of computing work to the cloud from on-premise servers, Morgan Stanley found.

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Now the Mariners hit even more homers—and appear poised for a deep October run.

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