basket
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Some of this has fed through into a better performing currency, with sterling at its highest level since the Brexit referendum, when measured against a basket of currencies.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
The U.S. dollar index—which measures the greenback against a basket of other major currencies—fell 0.4% to 101.45, making dollar-denominated bullion more affordable for overseas buyers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
It is like a restaurant that keeps the landlord, the bouncer and the host, and offers the chef a fruit basket.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
Sexton was at his best in the third quarter, scoring 11 of his 21 points, flexing and pounding his chest after a made basket.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
I squeezed the basket harder and crossed Los Angeles Street.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Big baskets of businesses can be investor-friendly if the components share certain financial characteristics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
The murky, magnificent Eel River was once a highway for the Wailaki people, who navigated by canoe and hauled goods between villages in cone-shaped baskets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
By 1847, roughly 3,000 of the 5,000 people at Edgeworthstown were hungry, and Edgeworth, nearly 80, went from door to door with baskets of provisions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Then come the chips: hot, sturdy, generously salted, piled into black woven baskets alongside ramekins of fire-engine-red mild salsa and a darker, spicier version flecked with onion and jalapeño.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
There were no baskets of bones, no cauldrons of bubbling witches’ brew.
From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis
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