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anchor

[ang-ker] / ˈæŋ kər /




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Every major index is down, and Nvidia is the anchor.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

The company’s new 2028 earnings per share guidance for well above 10 euros should anchor market expectations and drive rerating, the analysts add.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

The service also offers shows or channels from such personalities as Trevor Noah, Kevin Hart, Stephen A. Smith, and former Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

Investors were wrong to anchor their views of Treasury yields when they were superlow for many years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Crawling with the thing was like trying to swim while tugging an anchor.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

“I haven’t watched all of it; I’ve watched snippets of it,” says Jen Affleck, a main cast member of the original series who anchors the spinoff.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

The city made NIO one of the anchors of an EV-centered industrial park in Hefei intended to employ tens of thousands of workers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Outdoors, a swimming pool anchors the backyard, surrounded by mature trees and multiple areas for lounging, dining, and hosting guests.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

The same month that news of the scandal broke, ABC parted ways with the anchors, and they deactivated their social media accounts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

That the sea anchors, miraculously, were not lost—they continued to tug at the lifeboat faith­fully—was a consolation that had no effect.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

It added that the ship "is currently anchored in Singapore port waters".

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

Instead, their prices are anchored to the underlying asset by a system of funding rates.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

Arizona’s 6th Congressional District is anchored in eastern Tucson and its suburbs, sprawling north toward Phoenix, east to New Mexico and south all the way to the U.S.-Mexico border.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

Many Israelis want to see their country more firmly anchored in liberal and secular values.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Spies reported that there were now more than 430 British ships anchored off nearby Staten Island, and at least forty thousand soldiers.

From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis

In addition to covering the daily news, she was among a panel of the network’s hosts anchoring midterm election night coverage and has interviewed movie stars, athletes and presidents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

Mr. Potter’s “Souls Harbor,” which blends gorgeously harmonized phrases, also highlights Mr. Holland’s skills at anchoring a band, whether with skittering figures, conventional “walking” or by digging into a single low tone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

After anchoring a boat, they placed an underwater speaker in the water and allowed it to drift with the current as far as 19 meters from the vessel.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

Sundararajan says the designation should bring faster clearances, emergency repair mechanisms and an Indian cable-repair capability, along with legally protected cable zones around landing sites and routes, restricting anchoring and trawling.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

He puts his other hand on my waist like he’s anchoring us.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon


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