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[pair-uhnt, par-] / ˈpɛər ənt, ˈpær- /


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Shares of the Knicks’ parent company, Madison Square Garden Sports, have more than doubled in value over the past year—and reached a record high during the NBA Finals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

The ChatGPT parent said in a blog post on Monday night that it has recently submitted a confidential S-1 to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Turner told the church he went on the trip as a parent of a child in attendance.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

AI chip leader and South Korean conglomerate SK Group, the parent of SK Hynix, a key supplier of high-bandwidth-memory products used in Nvidia’s AI accelerators.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Humans have forty-six such chromosomes in total—twenty-three from one parent and twenty-three from another.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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