blue-chip
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The company's notional valuation has nearly doubled since a funding round exactly a year ago, putting it within range of France's biggest blue-chip companies.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Not because of his five-star, blue-chip status, leaving Warren High as the second-ranked prospect in the 2023 class and top-ranked recruit out of California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Missile-making startup Castelion closed a more than $1 billion funding round co-led by private-equity giant Carlyle CG 2.13%increase; up pointing triangle Group, reflecting blue-chip firms’ growing interest in a booming corner of the defense industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
America’s blue-chip tech companies are placing these huge bets based on assumptions about what the demand for AI computing—and availability of AI hardware—will be in several years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The population of Reston has grown in recent years, and high-technology businesses and blue-chip consulting firms have moved into office parks there, where glass buildings grew up during the nineteen-eighties like crystals.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
