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prospect

[pros-pekt] / ˈprɒs pɛkt /




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That raises the prospect of gas-price relief being short-lived.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

As Ms. Du Feng shows us, the prospect is horrifying.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

Although it raises the prospect that Burnham could secure a clean sweep of union support, Unite said its future support for his premiership would be conditional upon action for "workers and communities".

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

In this case the bet is on the distant prospect that government approvals would eventually make the project real.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

And they did: “My friends inform me that Mr. A. speaks of me with great friendship,” Jefferson observed, “and with satisfaction in the prospect of administering the government in concurrence with me.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

With such dire prospects, the Rohingyas' only hope is to get out to another country.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Netflix on Thursday reported higher revenues and profit in the second quarter as it sought to assure investors about its growth prospects.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 16, 2026

So he likes the long-term business prospects for a company that “focuses on the I-35 corridor, with a mandatory piece in the growth mechanics.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

Andriesz spotted correspondence, external where Epstein had directly asked the HWL account: "what do you think the prospects for adfin are?"

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

The communities and schools from which they come fail to prepare them for the workforce, and once they have been labeled criminals, their job prospects are forever bleak.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Small fragments of the specimen were "prospected" using ultraviolet lights at night.

From Salon Feb. 4, 2023

Bolsonaro’s father prospected for gold at Serra Pelada, where Dirceu first saw gold mining, and the president sometimes draws on his upbringing to rally support from prospectors.

From Seattle Times Jan. 12, 2022

Britain prospected Peruvian bark trees and grew them in India, having first transplanted them to Kew, one of many botanical gardens that served as a center for medical and colonial botany.

From Scientific American Nov. 13, 2018

Miners prospected for gold and other minerals across Owyhee County starting in the 1860s, drilling into the hills of the Owyhee Front until World War II slowed the work to a standstill.

From Washington Times Jun. 9, 2018

"You have prospected all over the ridge?" continued the woman, impatiently.

From Gabriel Conroy by Harte, Bert

In January, the government proposed opening 70 new blocs to prospecting, more than half of them in the Arctic waters of the Barents Sea.

From Barron's Mar. 14, 2026

Though “mine” implies tunnels, the prospecting at La Ciénega took place over a vast area — about 14,000 acres — largely near the surface.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 6, 2025

In a more modern twist, there’s also social-media gold: the biggest YouTube accounts devoted to prospecting boast more than half a million followers.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 13, 2025

That money's up to over $100 million today, but the point is that with all of the negotiations, all that prospecting, the guy that was bussing the table had the most money in the room.

From Salon May 18, 2024

Inside, the walls were decorated with real prospecting tools.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls




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