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alpha

[al-fuh] / ˈæl fə /
NOUN
beginning
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Daniel said he is unaware of any other stock selection approach that produces an alpha that is that negative.

From Barron's

“We are alpha,” Chris Pratt says to his men in “The Terminal List” before they land on a beach, maybe in Syria.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I have the touch,” Gabriel states, an alpha competitor in his element.

From Los Angeles Times

“Even though there’s an alpha male, the more subordinate males within the troop will mate with the females and do what’s called sneak breeding,” said Candace Sclimenti, curator of mammals at the zoo.

From Los Angeles Times

Testing showed that he had indeed been sensitized to alpha gal.

From Science Daily