slice

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However, the group faces stiff competition from the likes of Eli Lilly and other companies fighting for a slice of the lucrative diabetes and obesity markets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Going public -- known as an IPO, or initial public offering -- means ordinary investors can buy a slice of a company for the first time.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

The imaginary “occurring elephant” is just one spacelike slice of that tube; one three-dimensional moment.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

In Nottinghamshire, council officials have even suggested they should receive a slice of any money being made.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

It charged a lot less for insurance on a putatively safe double-A-rated slice of a CDO than it did for insurance on the openly risky triple-B-rated bonds.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis