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The subindex tracking service activity edged up to 50.2 from 49.7, while the construction subindex improved to 49.3 from 48.2, but continued to signal stress in China’s beleaguered property sector.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
U.S. stock indexes ended mixed, with the Nasdaq composite and S&P 500 both declining while the Dow industrials edged higher.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
Ranked 71st in the world, the Bosnians were edged out of automatic qualification by Austria when they conceded late in a final group game decider in Vienna.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
The initial reading for the composite US PMI dipped to an 11-month low of 51.4 points in March from 51.9 points in February, with services taking a hit while manufacturing edged higher.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
Though it was none of my put-in, I edged around to Tansy.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
