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return

[ri-turn] / rɪˈtɜrn /










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A 6% annual return is another $7,900 lost in potential returns, but you may wish to worry less about that in your 70s.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

During her hiatus from “Today,” Guthrie made a series of videos sharing the raw emotions she experienced since Nancy Guthrie was abducted while pleading for her return.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

The complaint states that Black feels “called by his faith to return to Broadview to pray for ICE officers there, but his experience requires him to overcome fear in order to do so.”

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Because the city’s homicide detectives were constantly responding to new murders, several weeks might pass before they could return their attention to an older case from the vault.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Kate would return to Rochester with Leah and Lizzie.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock