about to be
Example Sentences
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Shares of companies about to be spun off often trade on a when-issued basis to help investors with price discovery.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
You were about to be hit with a proverbial golf ball.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
The Indy 500 was about to be decided by a single lap.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
It began when two married men asked Judge Marlon Weiss to issue a pre-birth order acknowledging them as the lawful parents of a child who was about to be born via surrogacy.
From Slate • May 13, 2026
Porter Collins thought that “it was like the world stopped. We’re looking at all these people and saying, ‘These people are either ruined or about to be ruined.’”
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
