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proprietary

[pruh-prahy-i-ter-ee] / prəˈpraɪ ɪˌtɛr i /




NOUN
patent medicine
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Investor sentiment also received a boost from a Reuters report Thursday suggesting that Meta is moving its proprietary in-house chips, dubbed Iris, into mass production in September.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 9, 2026

The 7-Eleven owner has also taken other steps to boost earnings, such as improving its offerings of proprietary and freshly made food products.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 9, 2026

Deutsche Bank’s proprietary models screen for inexpensive currencies and of the top ten, six are Asian.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 9, 2026

He had this proprietary interest in “SNL” as his baby, but if you think about the mindset of most Hollywood players, it’s always bigger, faster, more.

From Salon • Jul. 5, 2026

She came in with such a proprietary haste and looked around so possessively at the furniture that I wondered if she lived here.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald




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