: the influential financial interests of the U.S. economy
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After college she got a job on Wall Street.
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European shares surged in the first half of the year, massively outperforming stocks on Wall Street — but market watchers are divided on the potential for the trend to continue.—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 1 July 2025 True Market Leaders) make up the vast majority of the gains on Wall Street.—Adam Sarhan, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025 The key measure of Wall Street’s health fell nearly 20% from Feb. 19 through April 8.—Elaine Kurtenbach, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025 Buenos Aires’s rental supply increased by 170 percent while real rental prices declined, the Wall Street Journal reported last year.—The Editors, National Review, 30 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for Wall Street
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Etymology
Wall Street, New York City, site of the New York Stock Exchange
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