balance
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“In the absence of a decisive end to the conflict, the balance of risks to oil prices will remain skewed to the upside,” said Hamad Hussain, a senior economist at Capital Economics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Last week I wrote about working with a financial adviser to pay down my credit-card balance and get my debt under control.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
LaForge suggests looking at factors like how many people own bitcoin, including through ETFs; how many bitcoin addresses hold a balance; and how many addresses are actively transacting each day.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
"If you've got a lower state pension then you need a higher private pension, don't you? So you need to think about that balance," Blanc said.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
A reactor that is in balance, creating roughly the same number of neutrons as it is losing, is called critical.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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“We need to recalibrate policy to get us in a better position that more evenly balances risks to both components of our dual mandate,” Barr said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The appropriately named Bankrate Financial Taboos Survey concluded that 61% of U.S. adults said they would be uncomfortable talking about their bank-account balances with family members or close friends.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026
The title track balances ringing classic rock chords mixed with Morello’s trademark Bomb Squad-esque riffs against a half-spoken, half-chanted narration and a white-hot guitar solo.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
At that later stage, the black hole's feeding rate falls to about two percent of its Eddington limit, the point at which the outward pressure of radiation balances the inward pull of gravity.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
He balances on a dark tile and hops to the next.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
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Mr. Blake contributes his “Clues,” which originally appeared on the drummer’s 2012 recording “The Eleventh Hour,” and the trio takes a groove-heavy approach balanced by Ms. Davis’s reference to Morton Feldman’s “Nature Piece 5.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
In the meantime, a healthy, balanced diet remains one of the best ways to look after your heart.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
Now, with her latest show Youth, Horgan puts the spotlight on 50-something women, imbued with her trademark tightly balanced mix of hilarity and pathos.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
It’s still just a fraction of an $18.4-billion spending plan this year — which is balanced against $16.8 billion in revenue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
We kindled firewood, set it between rocks, and balanced a metal grate over them, an old thing Togbe had found from the days they used to smoke fish at home.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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That refers to the balancing act that’s required as estimates shift between different quarters to reflect how the Nvidia opportunity is more linked to next year.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
But in the campaign, the balancing act proved impossible.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
When it cut rates last year, the Fed was balancing elevated inflation against concerns that the job market was faltering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
This leads to a "balancing act" between plane-makers and the firms they rely on for various parts, Stengel says.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
I notice Ama’s stylus balancing on top of the bag.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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