quarters

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Shares in fuel-refiner Phillips 66 and major oil companies Chevron and Exxon Mobil just logged their best quarters on record.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Of these, about three quarters were actually within the normal weight range, while the remaining quarter met criteria for obesity.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

That came on the heels of a relatively strong holiday season for retailers in general, with many recording revenue and comparable sales increases in their fiscal fourth quarters.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

The original plan was for it to launch in the third and fourth quarters of last year.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

Most importantly, the conversation at Jefferson’s quarters was merely one part of an ongoing and larger conversation in which the very survival and subsequent shape of the American republic seemed at stake.

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