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prudential

[proo-den-shuhl] / pruˈdɛn ʃəl /


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The regulator said that at 3%, the stability buffer is judged to be sufficient to absorb potential costs posed by a range of prudential vulnerabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

It’s basic prudential supervision, and it’s well within the existing tool kit.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 22, 2026

More than ever, we need leaders with strong moral character, personal discipline and the ability to model prudential choices about when and how to use such a powerful technology.

From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2025

“Every jurisdiction and prudential consideration calls for this Court to allow the appeal to proceed first in the D.C. Circuit. ‘Haste makes waste’ is an old adage.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 20, 2023

The fatalistic view of the war-function is to me nonsense, for I know that war-making is due to definite motives and subject to prudential checks and reasonable criticisms, just like any other form of enterprise....

From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by William James




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