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Example Sentences
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The figures are diffusion indexes, meaning that they show the share of companies that reported expansions minus the share that reported contractions.
Slicing up bond deals has an added benefit: Companies typically have more pricing power if the deal is split up into more segments, meaning they can shave off interest costs on the transaction, bankers said.
The research shows that prediabetes can go into remission -- meaning blood sugar levels return to normal -- even in the absence of weight loss.
From Science Daily
The short-range missiles can travel 200 to 300 miles, meaning they likely were fired from the territory of Persian Gulf countries that have taken the brunt of Iranian drone and missile attacks.
I endowed that word “all” with special meaning, and pressed dresses and packed trunks in a delirium of anticipation.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
