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Offshore wind development brings jobs and economic development that reshape regional economies, with the scale of public and private investment reaching into the hundreds of billions of dollars over years.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

But such figures would be rounding errors to the giants of the sector, who count in hundreds of millions of users and billions in revenue.

From Barron's • May 9, 2026

JetBlue has added billions of dollars in debt since the outbreak of the pandemic.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Rival Publicis has outspent others, pouring billions into acquiring technology, data, e-commerce and digital consulting firms.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Of the billions and billions of species of living thing that have existed since the dawn of time, most–99.99 percent–are no longer around.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson