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European-listed companies tend to trade at lower multiples than their U.S. peers, and NYSE-listed stocks are also eligible for inclusion in blue-chip indexes like the S&P 500.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

You don’t give your respective ages, but women tend to live five years longer on average than men; a macabre data point worth considering.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

With Maguire, critics tend to focus on the aspects of his game he is not so good at.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

At the Candidates, one opponent tried to lead Sindarov away from the common lines that grandmasters tend to study, hoping that he could outwit the 20-year-old in a battle of instinct and intellect, not memorization.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

We always tend to think of the past as “the good old days,” while the future seems fraught with danger.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson