lofty
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Still, shares fell, showing how lofty expectations from AI beneficiaries have become.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Numerous analysts covering SpaceX have floated astronomical valuations for the company, and one now says that the company’s latest rocket launch moves SpaceX closer to a lofty target.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Opening your own book shop might be a lofty daydream for some bookworms looking to escape their 9-5, but more and more people are making it a reality.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Maybe this is what the Chargers are — lurching, sputtering and unable to consistently move the football, despite an offensive overhaul packed with lofty expectations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
And a cold and annoyed matron led them to her office and sat them down on one side of her desk, while she ascended to the lofty chair behind it.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
But the world number 14 overpowered his loftier opponent with a barrage of 180s, hitting 11 maximums, compared to Welshman Price's five, to finish a deserved winner.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
He appears to have switched from reporting the properties’ assessed values, which are set by the local county, to the loftier estimates of what they would fetch on the open market.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
An uptick in business air travel is fueling loftier hopes for United Airlines, which is slated to report its holiday-quarter results this week.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 19, 2026
“Whether owing to that striking optimism or some other loftier force at work,” said family member Gregory Small, she had survived with pancreatic cancer for 12 years, a feat that left her doctors dumbfounded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2025
And its hills are loftier, craggier, more difficult and forbidding than Vermont’s.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
While Halma’s guidance clears the consensus bar, it might fall short of the loftiest expectations, analysts at Jefferies wrote in a note to clients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
US gross domestic product in the third quarter came in at 4.3 percent on an annualized basis, easily topping expectations and the loftiest growth in two years.
From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025
Ascending to football's loftiest heights challenges the senses, and Girona's surefootenedness at this level is already being rigorously tested.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2024
And for the loftiest goal — a spot inside the top of the six spots in the West — the Lakers need to win.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
But buried among his arcane formulations were insights of the loftiest brilliance.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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