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seed

[seed] / sid /




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The company raised $6.1 million in seed funding last December, according to PitchBook.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

There have now been 7 million sign-ups, and 1.7 million of those accounts are eligible for the $1,000 in seed money, according to fresh figures from the Treasury Department.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

Monsters though Lestat and his makers and progeny may be, they were all mortal once, and that seed of humanity still exists inside of them or, in Claudia’s case, around them.

From Salon Jul. 21, 2026

Intrator maintains that the tech sector, so closely identified with equity from the seed round through the IPO, should be more receptive to the utility of debt.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

I was squeezing the seed so hard that my right hand was going numb.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

Sunday's final gets under way at 20:05 BST, with the Women's World Matchplay taking place in the afternoon session from 13:00 – Beau Greaves and defending champion Lisa Ashton the top two seeds.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

Apple and other customers squeezed suppliers during past downturns, sowing the seeds for current shortages, memory executives say.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

Boreal forests are also supposed to burn on an infrequent basis, in order to open up certain pine cones and spread their seeds, or to clear out lower tree branches.

From Slate Jul. 21, 2026

It also limited the ability of malformed tau to act as "seeds" that recruit more tau proteins and build larger clumps.

From Science Daily Jul. 20, 2026

May looked up, her face covered with seeds and fruit juices.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

New Mexico’s nascent free child-care program relies on a new trust fund created in 2020, which has grown from the $300 million that seeded it to $11.7 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

The civil war has seeded instability across Myanmar, creating fertile ground for organised crime groups running transnational scam operations to set up shop in fortified compounds, according to monitors.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

“They’re seeded, so they’re in a favorable bracket. They have everything going for them.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

OpenAI’s response is to propose a public wealth fund, seeded partly by AI companies, with returns distributed directly to citizens.

From MarketWatch Jul. 6, 2026

A new funding source had entered the field: the National Cancer Institute, established by Congress in August and seeded with $400,000 in annual grant-making authority.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

But these projects are simply two among countless others that have been seeding AI into museums and historical research for well over a decade.

From Salon Jul. 28, 2026

He credits his mom with seeding his interest in investing: She helped him buy $300 in Apple shares when he was in middle school, working at the lingerie store that she owned in a mall.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

"If you finish seeding at 8pm at night and you come in the next day, you'll have rows of crop missing."

From BBC May 30, 2026

Dry direct seeding is an alternative, and deadlines for that extend until June.

From Barron's May 8, 2026

And, although I didn’t learn this until later, Frances Miranda Gonzagaga began seeding each class of whatnots with an occasional real child.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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