dispersion
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This year, dispersion among stock returns is near record levels, based on various measures, setting the stage for what should be a stock picker’s paradise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Global connection came with a kind of dispersion, diluting shared connections closer to home while allowing for worldwide discovery.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
He contends that when hotels circulate synthetic fragrances through scent dispersion machines, they may be spreading toxic chemicals, potentially causing respiratory problems, headaches, skin irritation and gastrointestinal, cardiovascular and cognitive problems among vulnerable guests.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
The dispersion index rises when investors’ expectations for how certain individual stocks will move begins to diverge with the S&P 500.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
Within small areas the beetles accomplish their own dispersion, moving on as soon as the Klamath weed dies out and locating new stands with great precision.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
To obtain the charge interaction, the team developed two separate water-based polymer dispersions to be applied to surfaces.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2023
"This year the macro economic picture has been one of dispersions," said Aspect's Remsing.
From Reuters ● Oct. 9, 2023
An even more creative trust stipulation might be to match the trust dispersions to their earned income annually, incentivizing them to work rather than rely on the inheritance alone.
From Slate ● Jan. 17, 2023
Ms. Marone also said Mr. Cleaver should check his own record before casting dispersions upon Mr. Hawley.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 8, 2022
The Huth Library—Special familiarity of the writer with it—Seven influential collectors of our time—The great dispersions of old-established libraries—Althorp—Ashburnham—Johnson of Spalding—List of the other leading collections, which no longer exist.
From The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by William Carew Hazlitt
Vocabulary lists containing dispersion
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The Postclassical Period, c. 600 CE to c. 1450
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