reserve
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Asked by MarketWatch to weigh in, a White House official dismissed the concerns about the dollar’s reserve status.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
Oman is facing an impending environmental catastrophe as an alleged Russian shadow fleet tanker leaks oil across hundreds of square kilometres near a nature reserve, NGOs warn.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
A former dairy farm is to be transformed into a "new climate resilient" wetlands and nature reserve by a wildlife charity.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The Energy Department released 2.8 million barrels of oil from the SPR, leaving the reserve with 304.8 million barrels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
My mom said the words in a tone most would reserve for a cancer diagnosis.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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That can offset some or all of the cost, and you can dig less deeply into your cash reserves to fund the conversion.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
What they don’t do is price the exposure or say who reserves against it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
However, it said it "reserves the right to keep all options open to ensure that the achievements of the past four years are not lost".
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Over time, the human body became remarkably good at guarding its energy reserves through complex biological defenses wired into the brain.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Many of them live on mission stations or government reserves, or else work for whites as herdsmen on cattle stations.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Telling a federal judge the same kind of thing carries the threat of disbarment and perjury charges, and no amount of bravado previously reserved for on-air broadcasts could change that math.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Certain tickets need to be reserved for stakeholders and could later be released back into the general pool.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Where a grid has spare capacity and the customer is locked into paying for what it reserved, fixed costs can be spread across more consumption, holding rates down.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
The judge reserved the question of what she called “guardrails for witnesses”—that is, whether Mr. Carroll’s alleged victims will be admonished or perhaps even penalized if they testify that he, rather than “she,” raped them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
This type of portrait was customarily reserved for artists, writers, and the like.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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Companies can tap its data centers by reserving graphics processing units, or GPUs—chips that accelerate the millions of computations required in AI training.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
The company is reserving up to 30% of its IPO shares for retail investors.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
For other passengers, reserving a seat is optional.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
While praising the VA for reserving the contract for businesses owned by disabled veterans, Sherin said the plan lacks the ingredient he views as most important.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
To clarify this point, I will often use the term ‘Sapiens’ to denote members of the species Homo sapiens, while reserving the term ‘human’ to refer to all extant members of the genus Homo.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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