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Originally pitched as a movie, the comeback is subdivided instead into 30-minute-long quarters, giving them a certain heft, whereas a “TV movie” might have felt like a throwaway, an afterthought.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Palo Alto Networks and Zscaler reported revenue growth of about 15% and 26%, respectively, for their fiscal second quarters ended in January.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

“Closing the Strait of Hormuz for one, two or three quarters would increase … inflation in 2026 by 0.35, 0.79 and 1.47 percentage points, respectively,” the bank concluded.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

“It doesn’t take much of a reaction to wipe out a margin of only three quarters of a point,” Lefèvre writes.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

After another three hours and only an additional three quarters of a mile, the Boss called a halt.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong