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performance

[per-fawr-muhns] / pərˈfɔr məns /




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“The strong performance is indicative of a more risk-taking mode,” Rosen said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

But Knicks coach Mike Brown said Brunson's performance should cement his status among the league's elite.

From Barron's • Jun. 14, 2026

This shouldn’t come as a surprise: The ability to shape how you work—what you do, how you do it, where you do it—is central to both satisfaction and performance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

The quality of Raducanu's performance reminded former British number one Annabel Croft of her Grand Slam triumph five years ago.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

It was a vintage Franklin performance, reminiscent of his bemused but devastating recommendations to the English government in 1770 about the surest means to take the decisive action guaranteed to destroy the British Empire.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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