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trillion

[tril-yuhn] / ˈtrɪl jən /


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He estimated that 183 gigawatts will be completed by 2032, with a further 118 gigawatts completed after 2032 — a pipeline that will trigger about $10.3 trillion dollars of investment over through 2032.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Binance last year processed $34 trillion in trades, on which it charges fees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The Nasdaq 100 index plunged roughly 4%, wiping out more than $1 trillion in value.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

The amount of money invested in all private-equity funds 20 years ago was just $1.2 trillion.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

The wrist with my bracelet feels like it weighs a trillion pounds.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone

Skeptics say increased competition, the weight of the trillions of dollars being invested in the technology and a lack of revenues could eventually implode the industry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

The paper reports $9bn of credit default swaps are being traded a week, triggered by the wave of borrowing to finance trillions of dollars of AI infrastructure spending.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Add the trillions needed for power, housing, industrial capacity and other infrastructure, and you get the biggest competition for capital I have seen in 50 years in finance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

The global tech sector has been slowly recovering from a summer rout that wiped trillions off markets amid concerns about elevated stock valuations and when firms would see returns on their vast investments.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

Not long after Henrietta’s death, planning began for a HeLa factory—a massive operation that would grow to produce trillions of HeLa cells each week.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot


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