gearing

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For him, the stresses he faces are “enormous,” with 2026 gearing up to be worse than 2025.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

OpenAI is rumored to be gearing up to go public later this year or early next, and was recently valued at $852 billion.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Lawrence Uren, associate professor of economics at the University of Melbourne, estimates negative gearing costs the government less than Aus$10 billion a year from transactions in the housing market worth Aus$700 billion.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

OpenAI and Anthropic are gearing up for what will likely be some of the largest IPOs in history, allowing their thousands of rank-and-file workers to unload their stock, turning many of them into multimillionaires.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

He paced below the scoreboard, talking aloud like he was gearing up for a big speech.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia