boom
Example Sentences
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Public stocks are at least as prone to booms and busts as unregulated assets, such as real estate.
From Barron's
“The Melville boom,” the critic Van Wyck Brooks wrote in 1921, is “only a question of time.”
He also sees a correlation between tech stock rallies and research and development spending booms.
From MarketWatch
Electric utilities returned 16%, helped by the data center boom, while real estate investment trusts were notable laggards, rising just 4%.
From Barron's
Alabama had poked the bear, and paid dearly, and they continued to suffer late into the second quarter when a booming hit led to a Ty Simpson fumble around midfield, giving Indiana another break.
From Los Angeles Times
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