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The figure shows what analysts forecast the companies to earn over the coming year on a rolling basis; when earnings rise while the stock price falls or stays flat, the P/E ratio shrinks.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026

OpenAI’s annualized revenue reportedly fell short of expectations — but analysts say that reflects differences in how the figure is reported, not weakness in AI demand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The defender is a key player for her club but struggles to break into the England team with Bronze understandably a tough figure to displace.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

The minuscule yet distinctly humanoid figure of a fairy flaps its wings as it flies into the ancient ruins of a bygone kingdom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Though she wasn’t a welcome sight to me, I admit she cut a teacherish figure.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

"I'd say don't be a simp," she says, using a term for someone who shows extreme deference to authority figures.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

This year, the company hoped for another revenue rush from a movie tied to its buff action figures, “Masters of the Universe.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

MarketWatch identified comparable historic figures from Forbes’ 2007 list of the richest Americans of all time, then calculated each individual’s peak net worth as a percentage of U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

The figures will show how the economy is faring in the second half amid geopolitical tensions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Tonight, though, I dream about something different—two dark-skinned figures, a man and a woman.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

As long as his electrician and plumber can find the place, he figured, he’s in good shape.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

El-Sayed has figured out how to talk to the people who love Fox without pretending that the network is something it isn’t.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

I figured I put in the wrong address.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Companies that sell electricity have finally figured out a way to make money off the data center boom without ending up on the wrong side of the political fight against data centers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

“That I haven’t figured out yet,” Katherine said with a little laugh.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Asking about the connection you want with a person is a way of figuring it out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 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

Mwedziwendira is now figuring out how to build her West Coast clientele after starting EP Studio, a Washington, D.C., creative studio and PR firm, a year ago.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

"These are issues the students should really be figuring out for themselves, and it is better if parents try and talk to their child rather than immediately jump to other parents," she says.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

I gave in, figuring nobody would miss one watermelon out of so many.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney