prudent

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Management has emphasized it prioritizes liquidity management and prudent risk management amid uncertain macroeconomic outlook, the analysts note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

But inflation has ticked up since, leaving Fed watchers to wonder whether the latest easing cycle was prudent or misguided.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

David Moyes has the option to extend Idrissa Gueye's contract by 12 months and given the 36-year-old Senegal midfielder's recent performances, it would seem a prudent move.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

So general manager Ken Holland did the prudent thing and largely stood pat, trading a couple of veterans for draft picks and making only a pair of minor acquisitions.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

For understandable reasons, though, the Ainu found it prudent to kill and eat the cubs at the age of one year.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond