battered
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Software stocks were battered earlier in the year as investors fretted that AI would take market share from software-as-a-service providers.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Pleasanton, Calif.-based Workday’s stock, which is down about 40% this year, has been battered by investor fears that artificial intelligence chatbots and large language models will make conventional business software obsolete.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
US households have been battered by higher-than-expected inflation since the pandemic, with consumer inflation hitting a peak of 9.1 percent in mid-2022.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Shares of Figma, which have been heavily battered since the company’s public listing last year, have risen 14% since last Thursday.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
The little boat shuddered and swayed, and then they were past whatever it was and only the hurricane battered them.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Vocabulary lists containing battered
"Heart of Darkness," Vocabulary from the novella
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