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One reason to be confident that AI’s market-beating odds won’t improve in any lasting way is a famous article written nearly forty years ago by William Sharpe, the 1990 Nobel laureate in economics.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
But if anyone there didn’t already know who I was, they surely noticed the forty armed guards surrounding me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
In our town, we’re told in the new LA28 announcement of the Cultural Olympiad: “It’s been forty years. Los Angeles is ready to do it again.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
In 1976, scientists realized that γ Cas emits X-rays about forty times stronger than similar stars.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 2026
It was like a miracle, though she must have been forty.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
Nasser Al-Dhafiri, a civil servant in his forties, described "immense psychological pressure" on ordinary people as the attacks sparked fears of electricity outages.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Confirmed traffic through the strait fell to just 10 ships Monday, according to ship-tracking firm Kpler, compared with levels in the thirties and forties early last week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
"We're not cutting the trees. We just pick up whatever wood's already on the ground to use for the fire," said Nafisa, a woman in her forties navigating the dry grasslands.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
"I won't be able to pay my rent, I will be in my forties and living back at home," he says.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025
Black Dog was a strange, brooding man in his forties.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
