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swing

[swing] / swɪŋ /




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"I think that's unnerved people," he said, noting that not only has the dollar dropped this month, bets that the currency will be hit by future swings have risen too.

From BBC

The forecast “was not enough to squelch the worry. Despite management coming out swinging, it’s the numbers, not the words, weighing on shares,” Ader wrote.

From Barron's

“It’s important for us to take big swings when we believe they will benefit the company over the long term,” co-Chief Executive Mike Cavanagh wrote in a memo last year when the deal was announced.

From MarketWatch

The Chinese lithium company swung to a profit in 2025 due to higher lithium prices and fair-value gains from stock investments.

From The Wall Street Journal

Plenty of evidence suggests that exchange-rate swings produce at best very short-term shifts in economic activity—before domestic inflation and deflation offset the effects.

From The Wall Street Journal