eke
Example Sentences
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November wasn’t exactly a great month for the U.S. stock market, although the S&P 500 did manage to eke out a small gain.
From MarketWatch
He said Cubans who have access to dollars from relatives abroad can eke by.
The Nasdaq Composite managed to eke out a 0.2% gain after being down as much as 0.6% earlier in the day.
From Barron's
Those pricey improvements must be done to ensure the house is safe and up to code—but they rarely help boost the resale price of the house, making it hard to eke out a profit.
It has suffered two years of recession and is forecast to eke out just meagre growth in 2025.
From Barron's
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