conservatively

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The brokerage conservatively expects the Indonesian company’s 2026 net profit to grow threefold this year, based on locked-in charter rates in May through mid-June at levels above 2025 averages, and incremental vessel additions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Because your portfolio is likely more conservatively invested at this stage of life, the comparison between borrowing at 6%-7% and forgoing potential investment returns is close to a wash.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 1, 2026

He clinched the title at the Moroccan Grand Prix for Ferrari, doing a Lando Norris by driving conservatively, after a season-long battle with fellow Briton Stirling Moss, who actually won more races than Hawthorn.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025

With $4.5 billion of debt—less than its cash balance at the end of September—Nebius is more conservatively financed than CoreWeave, though its neocloud business is much smaller.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

For years his intricate affairs had rolled along smoothly; he and his partners, his backers, his help, the people on his team—they had all proceeded cautiously, carefully, conservatively, successfully.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols