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Originally pitched as a movie, the comeback is subdivided instead into 30-minute-long quarters, giving them a certain heft, whereas a “TV movie” might have felt like a throwaway, an afterthought.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Palo Alto Networks and Zscaler reported revenue growth of about 15% and 26%, respectively, for their fiscal second quarters ended in January.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The Dallas Fed analyzed what would happen to the U.S. economy if the current crisis lasted one, two or even three quarters.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

“It doesn’t take much of a reaction to wipe out a margin of only three quarters of a point,” Lefèvre writes.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

He remembered what Mr. Andrews had told him: The ladders are in the stokers’ quarters, and they run up three decks.

From "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912" by Lauren Tarshis