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prudent

[prood-nt] / ˈprud nt /


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These suggest that its stance toward overseas M&A is more prudent, Shang adds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Historically, that conservative approach was seen as prudent, protecting investors from speculative excess and ensuring that index constituents demonstrated operational viability before gaining access to trillions of dollars of public capital flows.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

None of that is prudent behavior, and I do not recommend any of it except the chu toro.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

As long as companies continue to post solid gains in revenue and earnings, even in the face of many macro worries, then the prudent call is to stay in the market.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

But now I understand the gravity of what I was proposing— that a four-year-old child be watchful, prudent, and shrewd, that I curtail your happiness, that you submit to a loss of time.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates




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