shares
Example Sentences
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The brothers each own 25% of Block’s voting shares, while family trusts hold the remainder.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Value stocks, or shares trading at low multiples of their book value, have quietly marched toward a banner year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Over the next two years, shares of Palantir soared more than 10-fold, and in the second quarter of 2025, the company surpassed $1 billion in revenue.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026
SBA shares vaulted higher on the news, ending Thursday up 19% at $204.04.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
“Bark? Yes. This is Nimbus. I want you to sell all my shares in the shuttle port. Yes, all of them. I have a hunch the price is about to take a severe dive.”
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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