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It structured a sale in 2021 as a buyback, whereby L’Oréal purchased and then canceled shares, meaning Nestlé didn’t have to pay capital-gains tax on the transaction.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

A median is the exact middle number in a dataset, whereby half of account holders have more in their retirement accounts and half have less.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

They’re also considering the “broader AI memory upcycle,” whereby scarcity of high-bandwidth memory and stronger pricing could benefit Micron into 2027, he said.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

But we now enter a process whereby an entire season is about to be decided by an independent disciplinary commission.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

They are obeying strict laws, rather like the laws of gravity or of planets in orbit, whereby some chords exert more power than others.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall