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prospect

[pros-pekt] / ˈprɒs pɛkt /




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Stock futures pointed sharply higher as Wall Street weighted the prospect of divided government.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

After returning from the front, many soldiers feel alienated as they face the daunting prospect of rebuilding their relationships and careers in the civilian world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

With high pressure showing little sign of moving away, this largely settled and dry weather pattern looks set to continue through early November, with little prospect of any significant rainfall.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

The most intriguing prospect is Oklahoma State’s Drew Mestemaker, who wasn’t the starting quarterback of his high school team.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

Under normal circumstances she might have objected to letting the children stuff themselves with cake before dinner, but the prospect of eavesdropping on the Ashtons was so deliciously tempting, she let it pass.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

The typical example of “Anakin-posting” expresses rage at a stagnant economy or lack of prospects by sharing images of Christensen’s Anakin looking stoic.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026

They also believe investors have become too pessimistic about tech companies’ earnings prospects.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

"This in turn will act as a magnet for talented people all over the UK who will hone their genius in the city and further enhance its prospects."

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

The economists expect this tightening cycle to be short, however, given prospects of a brief Fed tightening cycle followed by a potential resumption of rate cuts in the second half of 2027.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

He wanted to appeal no matter how unlikely the prospects, but his lawyer filed no brief.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

With little formal education, Mulholland had left his native Ireland in his teens, worked steamer ships on the Great Lakes, labored in lumber camps and prospected for gold.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

JOHANNESBURG—For years, hundreds of illegal miners known locally as zama zamas prospected for gold on this patch of land on the outskirts of the city with hammers and chisels in hand-dug tunnels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026

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

So far as we have prospected, this strip of sand is full of them.

From For Jacinta by Harold Bindloss

Egypt's border force said in June that it had seized 86 tonnes of gold ore along with amateur prospecting equipment.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Once little more than a dirt path used by prospecting gold miners, it later became one of the country’s first pedestrian-only promenades when the city closed it off to traffic in the 1970s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

The city tries to keep its idiosyncratic businesses going while prospecting for newcomers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

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

Tex John Smith was presumed to be prospecting for gold somewhere in Alaska—though lawmen, despite great effort, had been unable to locate him.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote


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