gross
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Sales fell 10% to 49.33 billion kronor, versus the 50.92 billion kronor FactSet estimate, while the group’s gross margin fell to 47.2% from 48.2%.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
By generating interest and fee income, the services arms, which contributed approximately 40% of the company’s gross profit last fiscal year, represents an important source of cash-flow stability independent of the commodity price.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
GDP stands for gross domestic product, which is a measure of all the economic activity of companies, governments, and people in a country.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
In Table 6 on page 17, you will see that the CBO expected the national “debt” to be negative 40.8% of gross domestic product by 2020 and negative 49.5% by 2030.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026
We can’t leave food down there, or let it get too dusty or gross.
From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks
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