sitting

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Data isn’t ready: Most firms are sitting on years of unstructured information — documents, models, notes — that weren’t designed for machines.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

One afternoon Chris Newens, an English culinary journalist, was sitting in Le Mistral, a bistro in the 20th arrondissement, when he overheard three men discuss the dominant cuisine of the neighborhood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

But the upper-income consumer is sitting on $15 trillion of home-equity gains, meaning gas-price moves are less painful.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Nestling into a corner booth with the trio felt like sitting with the cool kids you’d only ever watched from afar.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

We were sitting around the supper table after curfew one night, three ten Booms, the seven “permanent guests,” and two Jews for whom we were seeking homes, when the shop doorbell chimed.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom