basket
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Schectman, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants, had just scored the first basket in NBA history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
"This feels like a consumer who still wants the occasion, but is paying much closer attention to what goes into the basket."
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
He missed the free throw, but his basket had given the Lakers a 91-77 in the third quarter and it kept their momentum going.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
The basket of stocks, which doesn’t include many AI-infrastructure providers or software companies, drove roughly 57% of the funds’ collective U.S. stock gains in the period.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Archie slept soundly in the basket, caked in mud and swaddled tightly in blankets.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
The issue there is that these futures contracts are underpinned by baskets of actual Treasurys, and the specific Treasury that the futures contract mirrors changes as bond yields move up and down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Somebody washed the ramekins and refilled the baskets.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
With around 2,000 index ETFs now available at the click of a button, Americans can buy and sell the exact baskets of stocks those fund managers use as a target.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Toy baskets are labeled in English, Spanish and Mandarin for transitional kindergarten students at a dual language Head Start program at Hillcrest Elementary School in Monterey Park on Aug. 21.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Termites had already found and attacked the baskets.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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