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[ih-nish-uhl] / ɪˈnɪʃ əl /


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“A lot of people don’t think about the initial spend,” said Schulz.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Broadcom said Tuesday that the platform’s initial $35 billion tranche will facilitate Anthropic’s previously-announced capacity expansion of more than 1 gigawatt of compute infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Fidelity Investments, the big brokerage and mutual fund firm, long has had a rule protecting its small retail clients from plunging into initial public stock offerings while the shares were still subject to IPO-related hype.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Rev Adrian McCartney was among those who helped report the initial serious allegation, which was ultimately found to have no veracity, made by the vulnerable woman.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Now, after the initial excitement of the ocean swell, the men began to grow even more restless.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong




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