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prudent

[prood-nt] / ˈprud nt /


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Reformers say the shift is both legally necessary and socially prudent.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

These developments don’t threaten dollar dominance today or tomorrow, but they reflect a genuine, if gradual, de-risking impulse among sovereigns who have concluded that some diversification away from dollar concentration is prudent.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

The guidance looks prudent, analysts at Jefferies said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

There is nothing revolutionary about Stripling’s message: limit the flashy spending now in favor of prudent savings and investment, so you can grow your money through and beyond your career.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

It was neither a “contract with abolition” nor a “covenant with death,” but rather a prudent exercise in ambiguity.

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




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