outstanding

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His outstanding technical ability helped elevate the team and his strong crossing ability helped create many goals and chances for his team-mates.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Hastings now has direct or indirect ownership of 21,163,516 Netflix common shares, or about 0.5% of the shares outstanding.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Meanwhile, the subset of the private-credit funds known as BDCs were already reporting that they were accepting more deferred interest payments on outstanding loans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Under the terms of the arrangement, Biogen will pay $41 a share for all shares outstanding of Apellis—a steep premium to the stock’s closing price of $17.09 on Monday.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

The boys earned prestigious Hitler Youth merit badges for outstanding performance.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti