spread
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Stage four is the most advanced stage of cancer, and means the disease has spread to other parts of the body.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
A ripple of applause spread through the crowd from those who recognized the name.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
SpotGamma explains that a put diagonal spread combines the sale of a shorter-dated put with the purchase of a longer-dated put at a different strike price.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
One approach would be to accept today’s dynamic market forces as immutable—and then tax the well-off more aggressively to spread prosperity more broadly.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
Trusting the American public’s intelligence, he concluded, “a mere fraud could not have lived so long and spread so widely.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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