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[reyt] / reɪt /








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He added: "I will pay you five times your day rate to do our new London HQ which has completely blank walls."

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

But patchy cancer data makes it hard to know whether residents develop the disease at a higher rate than elsewhere in the country.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

A Fed official indicated that rate hikes could be needed.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

California allows lawyers to take high-interest rate loans from investors, such as private equity firms or hedge funds, who expect to profit from the payout when a case is settled.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Enslaved people are being imported into Virginia at the rate of about 1,000 per year.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

The central bank is expected to keep its benchmark interest rate at 3.75% at its September meeting, after holding rates in July by a 6-3 vote.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Ashley said the High Street will be "further devastated" without major reforms, and warned Burnham's suggestion he will consider further business rates changes in the coming Budget are "too little, too late".

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

That could increase homeowners’ property insurance rates by as much as 50%, according to the Personal Insurance Federation of California.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

The odds on Thursday favored no change to rates at the central bank’s September policy meeting but were tilting toward one hike by December’s meeting, according to the CME FedWatch Tool.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

The United States now has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, dwarfing the rates of nearly every developed country, even surpassing those in highly repressive regimes like Russia, China, and Iran.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Patients rated their recovery and quality of life more highly than those who were treated in the traditional way, it also found.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Here’s the result of a BofA screen showing companies with five-year projected earnings-per-share growth in the top quintile of the S&P 500 that the firm has rated buy:

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

It is rated among the most difficult at the University of Pennsylvania.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

Highly rated 16-year-old academy defender Marli Salmon is also on the books but is most likely to be used sparingly in cup competitions as he continues to develop.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

On the stage Luba Luft sang, and he found himself surprised at the quality of her voice; it rated with that of the best, even that of notables in his collection of historic tapes.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

It reiterates a buy rating on the stock and raises its price objective to AED27.20 from AED26.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

While they slashed their price target on the stock to $150 from $270, they kept their outperform rating and said shares of the company were “too cheap to dismiss.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

The brokerage raises the stock’s target price to 28,200.00 rupiah from 28,000.00 rupiah to reflect valuation rollover, with an unchanged buy rating.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Nomura raises the stock’s target price to 1,630.0 yen from Y1,560.0 with unchanged buy rating.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

He was given an unsatisfactory evaluation rating, placed on probation for a year, and had his salary frozen.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger




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