handily

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Its 1.5% dividend yield handily beats the S&P 500’s, although investors do face some sacrifices when it comes to performance: It has returned 13% a year, on average, over the past decade.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Two years later, real estate developer Rick Caruso spent more than $100 million in an effort to become Los Angeles mayor but lost handily to Karen Bass.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

And Berkshire has almost exactly matched the index since 2006 after beating it handily for decades.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Both medications handily beat FactSet estimates of $4.1 billion for Zepbound and $7.3 billion for Mounjaro, respectively.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

The canoe was quite handily placed, in fact; luck had been on their side, or a little luck anyway.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman