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That shift doesn’t alter the company’s overall earnings “yield,” or the inverse of its price-to-earnings ratio.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
The business said the errors hit roughly 264,000 workers, though it insisted the issues affected under 1% of overall local transactions.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Credit-card applications ask for your income, but they don’t seem to take into account your employment status or overall ability to pay.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
The deal overall will likely be supportive of K+N’s business, with the air logistics area benefiting the most, while remaining cautious on its sea logistics exposure, they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
There was no coherent overall description of things to explain what was going on.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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In Kanazawa, workers dressed in full-body overalls haul large blocks of ice across the factory floor, before starting on the delicate work of carving perfect spheres, cubes and rectangular blocks with cut corners.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
At lunchtime, the prisoners in navy overalls file into the dining hall with heads bowed and hands clasped behind their backs.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Another man was dressed in overalls in star-spangled colors while one couple wore large and seemingly uncomfortable bald eagle heads, topped by red, white and blue cloth stovepipe hats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
When opportunity shows up as a hard hat or a pair of overalls, we put them on and get to work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
He yanked his overalls on over his nightclothes and stuck his feet in his shoes.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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