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edge

[ej] / ɛdʒ /






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Dimon believes that JPMorgan needs to build first-class offices to have an edge in the fight to keep talent from fleeing to other industries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

The state contributed $80 million to the Oschin Center’s creation, and it is spending another $450 million on Expo’s deferred maintenance, accessibility and a new park along the complex’s south edge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

You may think you experienced the shuttle a few years ago, parked in a hangar-like building at the west edge of the Science Center.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Clashes broke out in Paris at the end of the protest march on the eastern edge of the capital.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

Leaning over the edge of my bed, I scoop them up and spread them out on my comforter in front of me.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Intelligence services in France and Belgium have described looting on the edges of legally approved protests as mainly opportunistic.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

They walk around obstacles, move across ordinary objects, and sometimes tumble from the edges of tables.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

Front-month gold edges up 0.2% in New York to $4,130.50 a troy ounce.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Over the course of four minutes, the robot fumbled with the towel’s floppy and unwieldy shape as it slowly smoothed out the fabric, located the corners and lined up the edges.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

I put their frozen blocks of meat around the edges of the flames to soften, and fed them warm meat.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

In her previous outing, Serrano edged a majority decision victory over Argentina's Lucrecia Manzur to claim her 50th professional win.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 15.99 points, or 0.03%, to 52377.57.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

But Smith edged it, with two judges scoring the contest 115-113 in his favour and the third awarding it 116-112 to Dominican fighter Puello.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Treasury yields edged higher in Asian trade on Friday, having slid sharply on Thursday as investors sought safe havens from the turmoil in French government bonds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

She turned and edged sideways -quickly, quickly -then dropped to her knees and reached through the gap to drag the gear in after her.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

In World Cup qualifying this year, England have performed well but have not won with ease, edging past Iceland and Spain and under-firing against Greece.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Seagate stock was edging down following a report it is competing with Toshiba over a crucial acquisition in the hard-disk drive space.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Brent crude moved back from the $100 threshold, edging 0.3% higher to $100.58 a barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

She came in second behind Bass in the June 2 primary election, edging out the flashier and more attention-grabbing Spencer Pratt, a onetime reality television star.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

He’s staring raptly forward, with straight posture and a smile edging his lips.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli


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