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diversify

[dih-vur-suh-fahy, dahy-] / dɪˈvɜr səˌfaɪ, daɪ- /
VERB
spread out; branch out
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Carney’s solution, besides seeking a deal to reduce U.S. tariffs, is to unlock more of Canada’s resources and diversify the markets into which they are sold.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Artificial intelligence no longer provides a “one-way trade” — it’s time to be more selective about picks and to diversify, Barclays said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

"You need to diversify the type of value chains and crops that you are currently self-sufficient, and food security becomes now in many countries a matter of national security," he added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Many farmers have found ways to diversify their land, by turning it into lucrative family attractions on Halloween.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

“Maybe diversify is the wrong word,” she said.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Evolutionary theory has long proposed that life diversifies through periods of fast change followed by slower phases.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026

The U.S. needs Arab allies, and it has much to offer oil-rich Saudi Arabia as it diversifies its economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

For Russia, the key question is whether it can maintain influence if Mali diversifies its security ties.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

The involvement of Amazon diversifies OpenAI’s hardware and cloud-computing resources from its historic relationship with Microsoft.

From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026

The ceremonies with which he faintly diversifies his life are, of course, of a kindred nature.

From Reprinted Pieces by Charles Dickens

“We’ve built a diversified firm with multiple investment platforms, numerous sources of capital and a long-term approach to investing.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

When the S&P 500 is near a record and the median stock is down 16%, your diversified fund is less diversified than its brochure.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

How different species developed and why life on Earth diversified from those single-cell organisms is often surprising and consistently engaging.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

After the 2008 crash, Intel added hedge funds and private equity to its custom target-date funds and a globally diversified fund.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

My father has always stressed the importance of diversification, and I like to think that I’ve acquired a diversified portfolio from my hydration business—a portfolio I plan to turn for a profit on eBay.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

More recently, he’s argued that you can do better than 4% by diversifying into other classes.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Heaton, 32, has likewise been diversifying his post- “Stranger Things” portfolio.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Taken together, the evidence indicates that both powered flight and echolocation emerged before modern bat groups began diversifying.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

The Kim regime is diversifying its revenue stream by sending more female workers, said Ward of the Sejong Institute.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

They knew how significant it was that another one of us had made it; it was like one more step toward diversifying fencing.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad


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