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And the apparatus that Cooke built to sell those bonds—a network of thousands of agents throughout the U.S. and Europe—became the blueprint for the modern investment bank.

From Barron's

“Once you get thousands of cars up there, you can start to invest into a gas station.”

From MarketWatch

Forts, where tens of thousands of enslaved Africans were once held under inhuman conditions, remain standing along the West African country's coast.

From BBC

Even at doses thousands of times lower than those typically taken orally, the treatment led to a marked reduction in blood sugar levels.

From Science Daily

He grew up in Missouri, thousands of miles away from L.A.

From Los Angeles Times