shares
Example Sentences
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Hyperscalers have reduced spending on buybacks of their shares and dividends, while increasing capital expenditures on artificial intelligence.
From MarketWatch • May 24, 2026
AST SpaceMobile gained 27% this week and Virgin Galactic jumped 15%, while shares of Rocket Lab rose 8.8%.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
Because of the shares Musk will own in SpaceX, which values itself at $1.25tn, the listing could make him the first-ever trillionaire.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
Its initial public offering was a success: Fervo’s shares are up 42% from its IPO price, with a market cap of $12.4 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
“You’re not going to get any. You’re going to get eighty shares of stock in a company called the Memorial Wooden Container Corporation.”
From "Lawn Boy" by Gary Paulsen
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