peg
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Still, despite the drastic actions, the Nixon administration declined to describe the end of the gold peg as a “devaluation of the dollar.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
“A 60/40 rule can be a square peg in a round hole. A 90/10 rule is just creating a new rule of thumb.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
A massive parasitic outbreak has taken Taco Bell down a peg, and now it has to rebuild its momentum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
NBC News reported that, according to internal estimates by the Defense Department peg the amount at $80 billion to $100 billion.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
“See how this peg fits into the shoulder then slips into the top of the arms, and it swings. See!”
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
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“Talladega Nights” pegs this missing link between America’s urban past and its exurban future from its opening seconds, putting a quote about “hot, nasty, badass speed” in the mouth of New York Swell Eleanor Roosevelt.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Hong Leong maintains an overweight rating on Malaysia’s automotive sector given its resilient earnings and attractive dividend yields, and pegs MBM Resources and Sime Darby as top picks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s survey pegs the decline at about 17.5 percent within city limits during that period.
From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2026
In the following months he bought accessories such as awning screw-in pegs for £15.98 and wheel clamps and keys for £119.98.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
Stepping into the boat light as a cat Ged set straight the warped boards and rotten pegs, working both with tools and incantations, as he had used to do with Pechvarry in Low Torning.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Total revenue rose to $607.7 million from $606.9 million, but avoided the pullback that analysts were expecting, which had pegged revenue at $596.6 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Sanders pegged voter disaffection on the increasing difficulty and cost of living in the United States.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
Morgan’s estimated fair value for July, which it pegged at $87, according to strategists at the investment bank led by Natasha Kaneva.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
It pegged the band, in its members' own words, as "the queer joy mini-skirt rollerblade, external" crew - but their music has always dug deeper than that.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
“You surprise me, that’s all. I would’ve pegged you for a much more go with the flow kind of personality.”
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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Benchmark 10-year Treasury note yields jumped more than five basis points in overnight trading, pegging the paper at 4.535%, the highest in nearly a year.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
Nvidia, meanwhile, edged 0.2% higher to $199.99 each, pegging its market cap at just over $4.86 trillion.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
Cody was most familiar with Pedretti’s performance in “You,” pegging the actor as an “intense brunet” that didn’t square at first with her interpretation of Cherry as an Anna Nicole Smith type.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
RHB maintains a neutral rating on the sector, pegging DBS Group and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. as its top picks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
After the first two weeks, Turner was pegging lobster claws as fast as Willis and not getting pinched any more than anyone else.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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