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key

[kee] / ki /


NOUN
item that unlocks
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Key investors have proposed valuing the startup at as much as $12 billion, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Key questions for investors concern whether the shortages will remain as dire as they are currently and how long the memory giants will be able to keep boosting prices to the benefit of their profits.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Key transportation projects, such as many metro stations, remain unfinished with the opening game approaching.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

After five months of Ashes post-mortem, this had all the ingredients to heap more misery on to England, and to pile more pressure on the management of Rob Key, Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

This duty is to be passed down through generations, with each new Key Holder honor bound to never reveal themselves.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston




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