spreading

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Spreading your equity portfolio across sectors and a variety of factors can help improve the odds of capturing gains when the outlier stocks start outperforming.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

Spreading generation around the country helps because while it might be calm in one area, it can be blowing a hoolie in another.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

Spreading its bets, HSG is increasingly looking for big-ticket investments in private equity and has set up offices in Singapore, London and Tokyo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

Spreading over dozens of hectares of protected tropical rainforest, Tacugama is home to the critically endangered Western chimpanzee, which is threatened by habitat loss and poaching for bushmeat.

From Barron's • Nov. 3, 2025

Spreading can occur rapidly and stop abruptly, or it can occur slowly over a long period of time.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish