toward

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In rent-to-own agreements, a portion of rent typically goes toward an eventual down payment for the property.

From MarketWatch

Shares were up 13.5% toward a three-month high in recent after-hours trading on Wednesday.

From MarketWatch

The new Claude Cowork launch accelerated a decline in the stocks of many of these alternative asset managers as investors shifted their focus away from their exposure to the ongoing AI data-center buildout, and toward the exposure to software names.

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Since then, the dominant narrative within the technology space has shifted toward favoring hardware companies — namely, companies in the semiconductor space — over firms that sell software as a service.

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The Milken Institute reported that private giving toward wildfire relief — from individuals, corporations and other entities — hit nearly $1 billion last year.

From Los Angeles Times