stemmed

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CVS said much of the improvement stemmed from the turnaround at its insurance unit, Aetna, which like other insurers is benefiting from efforts to squeeze costs and improve payment rates, particularly in its Medicare plans.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

The crux of the outrage surrounding Fennell’s film stemmed largely from the fact that she refused to rename her relatively loose, aesthetic-minded adaptation with a title that didn’t directly reference Emily Brontë’s novel.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

Lindsey said in an email that the issues stemmed from stress caused by cash-flow and payment issues.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

The latest assaults raise questions about the junta's ability to tackle the security crisis, despite its insistence that its strategy, foreign partnerships and increased military efforts have stemmed the jihadist threat.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

Perhaps no organization on earth, save the Communist party, possessed so detailed a knowledge of how workers lived, for its sources of information stemmed directly from the workers themselves.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright