quarter
Example Sentences
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Funding cuts - which amounted to a quarter of the company's budget according to campaigners - led management to cut back on touring and to stop filling vacant posts.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
About a quarter of the applicants pouring in are from AI company workers, Tom said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
In the quarter ended in February, Cal-Maine’s earnings had shrunk to $1.06 per share from $10.38 a year ago, while total revenue decreased by more than half.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
Across companies in the S&P 500, analysts estimated a first-quarter earnings growth rate of 13.2%, which would mark the sixth straight quarter of double-digit growth, according to FactSet.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
By the time I’d set up a bill-paying system and gotten everything entered and paid, Auntie Buzz had turned a nice profit in the past quarter.
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
Vocabulary lists containing quarter
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