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This year, sales fell 18%, according to Rick Palacios, director of research at John Burns Research and Consulting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
Sheraz Mian, director of research at Zacks, said the current upbeat earnings expectations have been “absolutely essential” to supporting the stock market.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2026
More than 65,000 immigrants were detained nationwide as of July, according to TRAC, a data gathering and research organization.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
Those who are not there to research can still visit a foyer space which hosts free temporary exhibitions.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
I haven’t seen him in weeks; he’d left on a research trip with a professor.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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"The recent increases in space spending elsewhere in Europe matter," says Gabriele Piazza, an economist at the London School of Economics who researches government procurement of advanced technology.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Your wife and her siblings are the “primary grievers,” says Joanne Cacciatore, a professor at Arizona State University who researches traumatic grief.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
“For individual investors, this is a real breakthrough,” said Irene Aldridge, an engineer and former quant trader who now researches the intersection of AI and financial markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Bauer researches historical and contemporary right-wing movements in the United States and recently wrote a book called “Making the Liberal Media.”
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
I knew Mrs. Joe’s housekeeping to be of the strictest kind, and that my larcenous researches might find nothing available in the safe.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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He frames his deeply researched four-hour psych eval “Musk” as the reality check we all need when the world’s richest, most cult-powerful human keeps pushing migration to Mars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
"Endometriosis is one of the most common yet under researched causes of chronic pain," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Several Anthropic researchers who spent time at Constellation were on the company’s alignment team, which researched how to keep AI models aligned with human values.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
They’ve researched history and the law, war-gamed what-ifs, divvied up responsibilities and drafted emergency lawsuits and temporary restraining orders so they can be hurried into court at a moment’s notice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
It was during her bout with the chicken pox, when she dropped her painstakingly researched art history paper into the milk bath while attempting to proofread it.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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As these new subgenres started to come out in like 2018, I’ve been very passionate and researching that music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
MarketWatch: What surprised you most while researching the book?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
As a legal scholar researching the evolution of modern presidential clemency, I have reviewed every individual pardon and commutation granted by U.S. presidents since 1989, spanning seven administrations, from George H.W.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
The film tells of the story of how Corless began researching a former institution for unmarried mothers and their children in Tuam, County Galway, and uncovers the hidden history of neglect and loss.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Their parents, understanding the importance of a bachelor’s degree, spent hours reading to them, researching school districts, and making it clear to them that they simply must graduate from college.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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