dial

Example Sentences

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Gold is down 2.4% to $4,442 a troy ounce and is coming under pressure as investors dial back expectations of the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

"We were not getting near them. You can just see that they're turning the dial a wee bit. We were killing ourselves."

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

He says that retirement fund managers will start small, and dial allocations to private assets up or down, over the next five to 15 years.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

Yields on short-dated Treasury notes have shot higher as investors dial back expectations for more Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts in 2026.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

She repeated this to herself, over and over, then lifted the receiver to dial their number.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng