structure
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Also, the rest of the term structure is sloping upwards, and the futures are trading at a premium to VIX.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
"In early 2018, we began examining what needed to be done and how to structure the company to prepare it for the next generation."
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Dave Penman, general secretary of the FDA union which represents senior civil servants, welcomed the changes to the structure of government but cautioned that relocation was a big decision for staff.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
New ventures built with AI from the start offer a vision of how work might look elsewhere in the corporate world one day: a flatter structure with fewer co-workers where everyone is a player-coach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
He pointed to a green humped structure with a bobble head attached to one side by a stubby neck made of coiled spring.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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In addition to the anti-ball playing ordinance, the neighbors were accused of violating an ordinance prohibiting structures on sidewalks or grassy strips next to curbs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Read together, these novels circle the questions posed by “Lord of the Flies”: What are we human beings once the familiar social structures that sustain us fall away?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
This behavior could offer a new way to understand how organized structures can develop locally without violating the second law of thermodynamics.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
Other structures found on the 40-acre spread include a heated workshop, a car shop, and three water wells.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
As with Pythagoras, in Darwin’s model, every organism carried information to build organs and structures in miniaturized form—except in Darwin’s case, the information was decentralized.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Three years ago, the FDA placed restrictions on 14 peptides over safety risks, meaning they now fall somewhere between the unregulated world of supplements and the highly structured process of testing new drugs.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
However, sources close to the ownership group say the investment model, which makes use of third-party loan providers, is highly structured, common among elite sports organisations and focused on long-term sustainability.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
It took state insurance commissioners four years to clamp down on one kind of structured debt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
“What was the relationship between personal fear of oldness and the ways in which oldness was structured in society?” she asks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Andean textiles were woven with great precision—elite garments could have a thread count of five hundred per inch—and structured in elaborate layers.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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“But today it has become clear that structuring the economy…can put a country on par with the superpowers.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
Prosecutors charged Thola-Duran with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, to receive and transport stolen property interstate, and to commit money laundering, and structuring transactions to avoid federal financial reporting requirements.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
"It enables rapid structuring of hydrogels in the sub-micrometer range," she says.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 3, 2026
He was asked by liana Bouzali, Morgan Stanley’s global head of derivatives, distribution and structuring, how he would construct a hedge-fund portfolio from scratch today.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 28, 2026
He runs his fingers through his hair, structuring it just so.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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