prospective

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Even amid worries about rising capital expenditure and lower prospective returns, the return on equity for these stocks remains high, with earnings revisions more positive than for any other sector.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

We saw documents outlining similar scam scenarios, in multiple languages, to build trust with the victims and reassure them about prospective "investments".

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Cal State L.A. will receive $48 million to add more students to its master of social work programs and provide more than 1,000 scholarships and grants for prospective students.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

On a notebook on her coffee table, she wrote Cynthia Renee Ortiz, doodling hearts around her prospective married name.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

They have a forum section, too, where prospective students ask all kinds of questions about student life and whatever else they want to know.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman