peg

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The market doesn’t think oil will stay this high for long: Futures markets peg the price of Brent delivered in April next year at around $80 a barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Market estimates peg Venezuela’s current production at around 1 million bpd, with its peak having been somewhere around 3 million bpd in the 1990s.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

“Where we peg the dividend at a moment in time is something the board will take up in, I guess…in March. And there’s not a lot more I can add to that.”

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Nature has given us a peg, with the death Jan. 13 of former UC Berkeley scientist Peter Duesberg, at 89.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

Once inside, the captain removed his cloak and hung it from a peg, so as not to leave puddles on the threadbare Myrish carpet.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin