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chain

[cheyn] / tʃeɪn /




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Conversions are continuing to drive room growth, as the hotel chain favors acquiring existing hotels rather than building new ones.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

Companies in the semiconductor supply chain, including TSMC, UMC and MediaTek, have raised guidance, increased capital expenditure or expressed improving visibility into 2027 AI demand.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

Apple’s “economics are under pressure owing to structurally rising input costs and supply chain constraints, neither of which will improve in the near term, we believe,” she wrote in a Friday note.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

On July 17, the same day the CDC announced the link to Taco Bell, the chain issued a release saying it had completed removal of affected Taylor Farms lettuce from its restaurants.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

There was an elephant on the key chain.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

This preliminary step adds oxygen-containing functional groups to the long polymer chains that make up the plastics.

From Science Daily Jul. 31, 2026

Some chains, like Berri, accept lower profits to stand out from the big chains.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Peptides are short chains of amino acids that our bodies produce and have long been used to treat medical conditions, including diabetes.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

Restaurant chains have discounted aggressively to get those customers back.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

And Frank’s putting chains on the porch swing.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

The Brick is one of many programs and gadgets that have hit the market to help people who feel chained to their devices.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

Nobody knows how, since the bell’s been chained up for such a long time that the metal links have rusted.

From Salon Jun. 18, 2026

Boxes are typically bolted into concrete or chained in place.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 1, 2026

"Every day we get reports of, horses, dogs, pigs, goats, everything. So many animals being either stranded, abandoned, locked up and chained," Kenny said.

From BBC Mar. 13, 2026

Her voice was like the throaty bark of a dog chained outside on a cold night.

From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate

Adding eight gigawatts of new demand to a 2.4 gigawatt system is like chaining an M1 Abrams tank to a Toyota Camry and expecting the two vehicles to drive calmly down the highway together.

From Barron's Feb. 25, 2026

You and your husband have gone from wanting to sell this house to actually chaining yourself to the house and the future occupants.

From MarketWatch Jan. 21, 2026

New offences were created including interfering with national infrastructure, "locking on" – chaining or gluing yourself to something – and tunnelling underground.

From BBC Mar. 28, 2025

“They were chaining the steps in behind us,” Seals said, “so we didn’t have a way out, really.”

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2024

Short of chaining him to his side, Luke had done everything he could to keep Toby from making the mistake he seemed intent on making.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss




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