pro forma

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Judge Summers responded to what’s ordinarily a pro forma motion before handing the case to the jury and, instead, issued what’s known as a directed verdict of acquittal, ending the case single-handedly, then and there.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

“Their pro forma share of the 3 NYC airports, the 2 Chicago airports, and LAX would be 45%, 70%, and 46%, respectively.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

The stock won’t be valued cheaply at close to 30 times trailing adjusted pro forma net income for 2025, Barron’s estimates.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

Nathanson said in his note that, on a pro forma basis, the combined 2025 revenue of Paramount and Warner Bros. would have come in on top at $66.2 billion.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 9, 2026

But once again the doom and gloom was mostly pro forma.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown