deficit
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First-quarter earnings revealed a $740 million loss —more than double the deficit in the same period last year and the widest in CoreWeave’s short history as a public company.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
“The geopolitical risk premium may be fading, the structural supply deficit that emerged during the conflict has not disappeared,” he added.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Market expectations were for the deficit to widen to about C$4 billion, according to economists at TD Securities.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
He would put an exclamation on his career in Monday’s championship, as Princeton recovered from that 0-3 deficit to go on an 11-goal streak of its own and take a commanding 11-3 lead.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
After subsisting for three months on an exceedingly marginal diet, McCandless had run up a sizable caloric deficit.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing deficit
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