tick

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“Now that we seem able to put a tick in both of those boxes, participants are unsurprisingly willing to significantly take up risk levels once more,” the senior research strategist said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The jobless rate also fell a tick, to 4.3%.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

It means that chatbots will try to collect information from sources that tick the correct boxes.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2026

Manufacturing activity continued to tick up in March, according to several business surveys released this week.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Once the slow, steady tick begins, Celia removes her hand.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern