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Applications dipped 10.1% when a tour was hot and 5.9% when it was cold, relative to moderate temperatures.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
The Globalstar deal may seem trivial relative to Amazon’s size, but it represents an “important signal” that Amazon is committed to space.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
It will “buy stocks that are cheap relative to their fundamentals,” according to its website.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
The indicator is quicker to react to changes in market sentiment relative to the 200-day moving average, another technical benchmark that tracks longer-term trends.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026
He'd asked Big Harm's husband, who shares the Das surname because he's some sort of relative, to snip a lock of Baba's hair and put it in the urn before...
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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