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component

[kuhm-poh-nuhnt, kom-] / kəmˈpoʊ nənt, kɒm- /




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Bloom Energy stock is the best-performing component in the S&P 500 as Barclays upgrades shares of the AI energy supply company.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

During the long rehabilitation process, he said the psychological component mattered the most but he struggled to trust the psychologists assigned to help him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

“It’s kind of egregious,” said Mscichowski, who expected a larger premium or even a cash component to the deal.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

Taken together, the findings suggest that tea drinking may be one component of a broader pattern of habits associated with better vascular health.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

By October 1940, they began to sift through the concentrated bacterial detritus, painstakingly separating each chemical component, and testing each fraction for its capacity to transmit genetic information.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

And blade-makers also seek to reduce the mass of these components as much as possible.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

The firm - which was majority owned by a private equity company prior to the sale - buys, sells, leases and repairs aircraft, engines and components.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

So were shares of companies selling chips or other components in the AI race because they are vulnerable to a slowdown in orders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

The broader opportunity lies in using complex liquid mixtures to help form the tiny filtration channels needed to separate their components.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

It dawned on me that a clearer trajectory through this morass would consist of zooming in from a bird’s-eye view to increasingly microscopic components.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker


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