sustained

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Several categories of companies stand to benefit from sustained grid investment:

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

To be sure, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has sustained heavy losses, including much of its leadership, and the two-week cease-fire doesn’t necessarily mean an end to fighting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

He adds a sustained lower price - over several weeks - is needed to meaningfully lower wholesale fuel costs.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

The episode also provides an opportunity to reflect on Woods’ meteoric rise, sustained excellence and precipitous decline on the golf course, his scandal-plagued personal life and what the future might hold.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Apparently, the sustained and coordinated effort they required could be compelled only by the authority of religious faith—a faith that almost literally demanded the moving of mountains.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson