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[vest] / vɛst /


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"I didn't expect that performing the service was going to put me in the position of explaining to my children what a bulletproof vest was and why I had to wear one," she said.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

Stock and option grants often vest over years and during that time, such awards can shrink in value or balloon, based on market performance and other factors.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

Others were ordinary selfies, lying in bed, wearing a vest, with her eyes closed to show off her eyeliner.

From BBC Jun. 21, 2026

Wearing a hardhat and neon safety vest, the executive is shown combing the stadium for Lumen branding, with the result being that its logo is prominently displayed -- in the video, at least.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

We buried the old clockmaker in the splendid suit and vest he had worn to the Hundredth Birthday Party, six years and another lifetime ago.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

The Justices have been issued bulletproof vests, a fact that Justice Barrett said was difficult to explain to her 12-year-old son.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

State media has been airing footage of rescuers at work, wearing life vests and helmets and riding inflatable boats.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

Others lined up to pay $10 to mall staff wearing "Face Painter" vests before posing for selfies with cheeks bearing their national side's colors.

From Barron's Jun. 27, 2026

Because the value of an RSU is taxed as ordinary income as soon as it vests, managing them is relatively straightforward.

From MarketWatch Jun. 23, 2026

He began showing up at the barn in neat gray suits, dark vests, whipcord trousers, wing tips, and on race days a restrained Republican tie.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Robinhood said the full 2019 award vested only after company shares more than doubled from its 2021 IPO price.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

Disney already has a vested interest in device-based entertainment.

From Salon Jun. 21, 2026

According to the Canada-based investigator who didn't want to be named, the inquiry has become "unusually contentious because so many stakeholders have a vested interest in its outcome".

From BBC Jun. 15, 2026

If those units vested today, the whole stake would be worth $33.5 million, based on Wednesday’s closing price of $23.25.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

But we too embrace faulty causes, usually at the urging of an expert proclaiming a truth in which he has a vested interest.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

Another 29 million shares await vesting milestones, one of which may have been triggered this month.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

UMA “distributes resolution authority across a transparent, marketwide framework rather than vesting it in any single decision maker,” she added.

From The Wall Street Journal May 18, 2026

According to ISS, another eyebrow-raising element was that the vast majority of Zaslav’s estimated compensation — over 94% — was being derived by the automatic acceleration of stock vesting and the excise tax gross-up payment.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 9, 2026

The rationale for vesting awesome powers in a politically insulated central bank is that sage technocrats will make wise decisions.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 26, 2026

“Mr. Taylor intends vesting it in trustees for the purposes of a corn market at a nominal rental, and he further intends appropriating a spacious apartment for a reading-room and library.”

From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles




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