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quarter

[kwawr-ter] / ˈkwɔr tər /


NOUN
25 cent coin
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VERB
divide into four equal parts
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Crowe and KKR said they expect the deal to close in the third quarter, but declined to comment on the valuation and stake size.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

“Our call on Oracle is not for the quarter, but for the year and perhaps the decade…would suggest investors aggressively buy the shares here,” DiFucci wrote.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Oracle delivered 1.2 gigawatts of data-center capacity to customers in fiscal 2026 and is approaching 1 gigawatt in the first quarter of fiscal 2027 alone.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

The company delivered 20,519 homes during the quarter, up 2% from the prior year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

She shrieked and ranted for a quarter of an hour, then deprived us of our noontime break in the open air that day.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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