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reserve

[ri-zurv] / rɪˈzɜrv /






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"The five animals were found in Ranakata, a proposed reserve forest in Bhogarai block, near the West Bengal border," he said.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

Forward-looking models that require immediate recognition of lifetime losses force rapid reserve building when earnings are under pressure and restrict lending precisely when credit is most needed.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

Perhaps most troubling: Despite massive investments in third-party models, banks still rely heavily on managers’ judgment for more than half their reserve determinations—similar to the incurred-loss methodology.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

“We’re just going to keep ‘em all and see what happens,” Hortiz said, noting Branson Taylor will return from the injured reserve at some point too.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2026

The power of life and death cannot be handed out blithely, but only with stoic and weighty reserve.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

The Fed benchmark, the Federal Funds Rate, sets the interest rate big banks use to lend or borrow their excess reserves to one another.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

The Netherlands has closer to 1,300 tons, or about 55% of its total reserves.

From MarketWatch Sep. 6, 2026

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

Unnerved by the sensation of utter powerlessness, he only summoned his reserves of sunny optimism to field phone calls from his parents.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

It is reserved for reigning Olympic, world and Diamond League champions, plus athletes who have qualified by world ranking.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

SYDNEY—Central bankers are usually reserved, with their public comments limited to pre-prepared lines that are often coached into them by internal staff.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

Half of those tokens would be reserved for specific purposes; of those, 300 million will remain under the ownership of $LAPTOP’s founders for now.

From Slate Sep. 9, 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

Gentlemen and ladies reserved times to visit with the spirits at a busy inn called the Dunham House.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Companies can tap its data centers by reserving graphics processing units, or GPUs—chips that accelerate the millions of computations required in AI training.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 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

Tesla also caters to retail investors in ways other companies don’t, reserving time for questions submitted by everyday investors on quarterly earnings calls and often inviting them to events.

From MarketWatch Jun. 5, 2026

To clarify this point, I will often use the term ‘Sapiens’ to denote members of the species Homo sapiens, while reserving the term ‘human’ to refer to all extant members of the genus Homo.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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