pumping
Example Sentences
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“If it’s the end of March and we don’t hear that OpenAI has raised a hundred billion dollars, then the market may start pumping the brakes.”
That soon could change, as Arizona officials are considering a plan to start regulating groundwater pumping in the rural area 100 miles west of Phoenix.
From Los Angeles Times
The intense focus of the dozen people in the room radiates an aura of calm despite the cacophony of medical machinery beeping and pumping away.
From BBC
It’s also pumping $40 billion monthly into the short-term Treasury market, another factor meant to keep fixed-income prices high—and rates low.
From Barron's
It’s also pumping $40 billion monthly into the short-term Treasury market, another factor meant to keep fixed-income prices high—and rates low.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
