tic

Example Sentences

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His quirky but helpful tic: spelling out the words on the floor with his foot before answering.

From The Wall Street Journal

A Tic Tac or jellybean, for example, does not have enough water and too few air bubbles to allow it to expand.

From BBC

The circle worried him, and his left eyelid jumped, a tic that had recently developed.

From The Wall Street Journal

In addition, the Fed team concluded that TIC data is not capturing just how much Cayman-domiciled hedge funds are dominating positions in the so-called basis trade.

From MarketWatch

TIC data is the main source of U.S. data on cross-border securities and banking.

From MarketWatch