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[in-vest] / ɪnˈvɛst /




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Under their Student Plan, they promise to "halt the plunder, return stolen goods to the state budget, and invest directly in education and the economy".

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Thrive Holdings thinks of itself “as a Danaher or a Berkshire Hathaway,” said co-founder Anuj Mehndiratta in an interview, and aims to invest in businesses for the long term.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

By coincidence, the terminal value after 10 years for someone picking the absolute worst moment to invest was almost exactly one-tenth the terminal value for the person who picked the best moment.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

The Growth Mission Fund was set up to invest £240m between 2026-27 and 2029-30 in schemes designed to boost job creation and the economic regeneration of local communities.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

From White Mountains he extracted $600,000 for a smaller piece of his fund, plus a promise to send him $10 million to invest.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

StoneX analyst Mickey Legg took a similar view in a note to clients that the cut “seems like a deferral,” as Tesla’s spending should grow as it invests across its business.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

The initiative invests in and arranges loans for defense contractors, energy suppliers and heavy industrial companies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Bending Spoons stock soars as Berkshire Hathaway invests another $330 million in the digital media company.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Antares estimates that the energy, compute and industrial themes it invests in form part of the global capital-expenditure “supercycle” that drew in $6 trillion of funding last year—up from $2 trillion in 2020.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Zero in quantum mechanics invests the vacuum with infinite energy.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

We understand that the funds are currently invested in a bank fund earning 3.75%.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

Many logistics operators who struggled to hire workers during the pandemic invested heavily in automation, which helps them navigate fluctuations in consumer demand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

To calculate an investor’s multiple, we allocate benefits according to ownership and divide by the amount invested.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Founded by YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian, MVP has invested heavily in women's boxing in recent years.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

“The money was invested in Ireland at eight per cent,” she told him.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

Kushner also runs Thrive Eternal, which is devoted to investing in iconic, AI-proof assets ranging from art and collectibles to sports teams like the San Francisco Giants and the Lakers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

IRA custodians can better nudge people to make investing decisions and help them through the process.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

Like many other major tech firms, Microsoft is investing heavily in the infrastructure that powers AI even as questions remain over whether such huge spending will pay off.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Australia-based wealth managers have been investing on Tuvalu's behalf in funds holding stakes in coal, gas and oil, a previous investigation by AFP found.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

The Peter Westbrook Foundation was no longer investing in me, because I had aged out of their training program without reaching the national or international circuit.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad


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