straight
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S&P 500 to a ninth straight day of gains on Tuesday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
“Anytime you see parabolic moves or linear vertical moves, that’s telling you that it’s less about a sober assessment of a company’s prospects on a straight valuation basis than it is about people chasing momentum.”
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
In releasing these details, the South African police said on Tuesday that they wanted to "set the record straight".
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
The top panel in the chart below shows the index rising for several straight sessions, while the bottom panel shows the daily number of advancing stocks minus declining stocks staying negative over the same stretch.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
After lunch the children started coming and, as children always did, they went straight to Father.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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