reserve
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"Heightened geopolitical and economic uncertainty, along with gold's growing role as a strategic reserve asset, appear to be contributing to this trend," said Nader Antar, Brink's executive vice president.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
After the move, each country accounted for 18.5 percent of the Dutch gold reserve.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
To build your cash reserve, put a portion of your paycheck into your savings account and the rest into your checking account.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
The offensive lineman impressed during training camp and adds depth after the Chargers assigned offensive lineman Branson Taylor to injury reserve alongside two-way trenches trooper Scott Matlock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
One suggested function of the first gardens of nearly 11,000 years ago was to provide a reliable reserve larder as insurance in case wild food supplies failed.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Earlier this year, France announced it had removed its gold reserves from the US to home shores.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Argentina "cannot allow" the companies to "appropriate the oil reserves under our sea", he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Gold reserves in New York and Ottawa couldn’t be mobilized as quickly, the bank added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The agreement grants US access to more than 65 billion barrels -- almost 20 percent -- of oil in Venezuela, which holds the largest proven reserves in the world.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
“The Court reserves the right to determine how much time is needed, Mr. Max,” the judge said.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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The government has reserved recent solicitations for crude to recharge the strategic stocks to domestic producers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
He took a much more reserved approach related to the split with Callaway when talking to Front Office Sports the same day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Karp reserved his sharpest language for what he described as sovereignty in name only: contracting non-US firms to deploy American or Chinese closed models.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Granted, the bar for Netflix movies has long since descended past Hell’s ninth circle, burrowing so low that it’s carved out a 10th reserved for the streamer’s original titles.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
But besides his frequent absences, there was another barrier to friendship with him: he seemed of a reserved, an abstracted, and even of a brooding nature.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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Instead, customers are reserving compute capacity years in advance, often before the facilities required to provide it have even been completed.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Jim Levi runs Cars for Event Rental in Long Island, where he says 80% of his bookings are women, mostly reserving cars for photoshoots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
For other passengers, reserving a seat is optional.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
While praising the VA for reserving the contract for businesses owned by disabled veterans, Sherin said the plan lacks the ingredient he views as most important.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
At the end of Neville’s interview, Harry had the impression that Slughorn was reserving judgment on Neville, yet to see whether he had any of his parents’ flair.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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