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[wuhn] / wʌn /


NOUN
unspecified individual
Synonyms
STRONGEST


PRONOUN
a person or thing of a number or kind indicated
Synonyms
STRONG
WEAK


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Now, a host of funds are looking to give traders even more exposure to one of the memory boom’s largest beneficiaries.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

Higher interest rates may be a problem for the AI-native cloud provider given its “unusually high exposure to debt financing,” one analyst says.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

“By the time she was my age she had four kids, one was my mum, and now I get to do this.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

The film is a mood piece, albeit a fascinating one.

From Salon Jul. 15, 2026

A blind man—Stanley Stein, one of the best-known figures in Carville—steps forward and says, “Welcome, Joey. Welcome to Carville.”

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

"I believe this man has done this to other women, I do not believe we're the only ones."

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

The forward curve for TTF-the Netherlands-based benchmark that sets the price for much of Europe’s natural gas-has moved into backwardation, meaning shorter-dated contracts are more expensive than longer-dated ones.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

The phenomenon of artificial intelligence boyfriends and girlfriends is growing worldwide, along with the prevalence of human-like avatars that sell products or stand in for loved ones who have died.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

“Our current outbreak is one of the largest recorded ones of cyclosporiasis in history,” Wu said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

But Josefina Veluya—the little girl playing make-believe—has stories of her own, ones where God speaks to her and tells her what to do.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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