notch
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Second place went to another horror film, Focus Features' "Obsession," whose strong critic and audience reviews have seen it steadily notch higher earnings in its three weeks out.
From Barron's • May 31, 2026
There are even some corporate issuers that have the same or higher credit rating as the U.S. government: Microsoft, for example, is rated triple-A, with the U.S. one notch below that.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
U.S. indexes finished mixed on Monday, with the S&P 500 losing less than 0.1% to notch its first back-to-back declines this month.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
We sort of knew this anyway, of course, but Boro coming out and putting it on the record ramps up the story another notch.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Lafayette’s reputation in the black community was raised another notch when he went to court to fight his arrest and jailing on a false charge of vagrancy.
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
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