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boom

[boom] / bum /






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Research conducted partly by Nobel Prize-winning economist William Sharpe shows that, in boom times, investors expect higher returns at lower risk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The company got a bump from the car-buying boom of 2021 and 2022, but its auto revenue underperformed overall light-vehicle production in the years after, as customers sat on swollen inventories.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

The CPU boom adds to the excitement around AMD’s next earnings report, expected out in early May.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

Coming of age during the social media boom, Esquivias said she always felt like she wasted her childhood on screens when she should have been playing outside or exploring hobbies.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

And then there is a huge and thunderous boom, one that makes her rib cage rattle and shreds her nerves.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti




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