hedging
Example Sentences
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That outcome would restore confidence in exactly the mechanism gold increasingly appears to be hedging against.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Jet fuel prices will remain elevated over the July-December period, it forecast, vowing to pursue mitigating actions such as hedging for crude oil price changes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Weather predictions can also provide useful insights for businesses hedging on weather events, Kalshi said, including logistics firms, farms and ice-cream shops.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Teens are hedging their bets by applying to more schools.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The second subsection reviews three issues: the problem of focusing on a description of professional activity rather than an exposition of subject matter, the overuse of apologetic language, and the disadvantages of excessive hedging.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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