outstanding
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SpaceX has yet to declare the size of its IPO offering, but it will likely be a single-digit percentage of the company’s total shares outstanding.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
The holdings represent around a 2.9% stake in the company, based on its 459,110,000 shares outstanding.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
"It still had over £3,000 of outstanding finance left to pay on it."
From BBC • May 19, 2026
The Luxembourg-based steelmaker said Tuesday that it sold around 23.9 million shares in Vallourec—equivalent to 10% of its outstanding share capital—after acquiring the stake in 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Although training to become a priest, the courses Kepler was required to attend in his first two years at Tübingen included mathematics, physics and astronomy, in all of which he was an outstanding pupil.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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