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shares

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  1. The units of stock that represent ownership in a corporation.

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Nike executives predicted quarterly sales would drop as much as 20% in China, causing shares to tumble.

From The Wall Street Journal

Class still speaks and he has lots of it, especially in his passing range, so I am going for him in this squad - whether Tuchel shares that view remains to be seen.

From BBC

Still, defaults on the loans have risen, and bank shares have been falling.

From The Wall Street Journal

All three of these banks’ shares have underperformed the KBW Nasdaq Bank Index this year.

From The Wall Street Journal

The energy sector rose 34% and agriculture shares gained from Middle East conflict and the Strait of Hormuz closure.

From The Wall Street Journal

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