performance
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Shell chief executive Wael Sawan said the company's "operational performance enabled very strong results during another quarter of severe disruption in global energy markets".
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Major equity indexes put in their worst “Fed Day” performance since December 2024, while the yield on the 30-year bond shot higher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Meta’s performance for the quarter contained signs of AI spending creating drag on its business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Others in the market offered a harsher assessment of Warsh’s performance.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
When her friends and comrades asked for a dance performance to celebrate the new year of 1945, she had to be coaxed, but she gave in at last.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
Her performances in Glasgow will have raised the expectation levels for her again but O'Connor is getting used to dealing with and taking all that outside noise in her stride.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
And if the personalities are painted in broad strokes, the performances, particularly by Condor and Newton, create a resonant enough emotional palette.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Its proposal calls for preserving the space while adapting it into a shared civic center that could host live performances, film screenings, neighborhood council meetings, lectures, arts workshops and office space for community organizations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
There was a hush as she delivered one of the most impressive performances of her short, but glittering, career so far.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
The German military gave special performances, showing off its tanks, machine guns, naval mine throwers, and other artillery weapons.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Vocabulary lists containing performance
Academy Awards, List 6
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"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 6
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