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There’s widespread faith that, while not perfect, the stock market is good at seeing around corners.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
The interest expense on the loans Thoma Bravo used to purchase the company shot up in 2022 when the Federal Reserve raised benchmark interest rates, a widespread problem among leveraged buyouts at the time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
They were both widespread and successful during their time.
From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026
Historical accounts describe widespread disease during the Byzantine era, but many suspected plague burial sites have lacked firm proof.
From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026
There was thus nothing automatic about the widespread adoption of the clock which took place in medieval Europe.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing widespread
"The Civil Rights Movement"
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"Laws are not the only way to boost immunization”: an editorial from Nature
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