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The figure exceeded the bank's August forecast of 0.3 percent growth.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
Swollen by the $3 billion purchase of garbage-disposal maker InSinkErator in 2022, that figure hit $6.5 billion last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
But the figure will be heavily influenced by its financial performance.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Ponder the first lady’s foray into diplomacy: Melania Trump is an enigmatic figure in Trumpworld.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
“You saw it. Now we have to figure out what to do.”
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
The figures show the number of full-time midwives employed at the two hospitals.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
During Israel's military campaign in Gaza more than 70,000 people have been killed, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry, whose figures are considered reliable by the UN.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Although the ministry did not cite figures, Maybank says it understands that Raffles Hospital’s Raffles24 Acute & Critical Care clinic has seen roughly a 10% increase in respiratory cases in the past two weeks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
During China’s October holiday, hotel orders through Doubao rose more than 56% from the year-earlier period, according to figures released by Douyin’s local-services unit.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
It was then that I saw several tiny figures flying in and out of my field of vision over the barn.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Postbubble, businesses figured out how to get AI to make businesses more productive, but it didn’t replace labor.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
But they also figured they had little choice given how much leverage the government has over their business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
"I figured out really quickly that I needed to cut costs where I could when Halloween came around," she said.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
But, as Moore noted, countless airports around the world have figured out how to get the job done.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
I figured he was done, until he sat up and hit the wire running.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
But figuring out how strong to put it on was.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
There are plenty of calculators available for figuring out your optimal claiming strategy.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
“You can tell they’re figuring out their wardrobe and feel awkward,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Moving forward, the real policy challenge will revolve around transparency, the enforceability of existing laws and simply figuring out what type of disclosure would be helpful to voters.
From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2026
And then she stopped, like she was having trouble figuring out how to finish.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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