push
Example Sentences
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The European Union has pressed ahead with free-trade deals with India and South America’s Mercosur countries, and is pushing to complete a deal with Australia.
If he pushes for cuts without a clear economic justification, he may find his colleagues on the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee skeptical that his conversion to inflation dove is genuine.
Conservation groups, however, are likely to push back.
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REITs, just like individual homeowners, cheer lower rates for decreasing borrowing costs and pushing up real estate values.
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Consumers might be tightening their belts, and pushing back against incessant price hikes amid stubbornly high inflation, but the staples sector has booked its strongest January gains since 1997.
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