the Dow
noun
US
: the daily average of the stock prices of a group of large American companies : the Dow-Jones industrial average
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Once relatively niche, sports tourism has gone up with the Dow.
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Leah Faye Cooper, Vanity Fair, 22 May 2026
Futures point to gains across Wall Street, which would push the S&P 500 into the green for the week, while the Dow Jones rose more than 270 points to close at a record high on Thursday.
—Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 22 May 2026
Two months before that, Intel had been removed from the Dow Jones Industrial Average and replaced by Nvidia.
—Bryce Hoffman, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
In the Great Recession of 2008, the Dow Jones lost more than half of its value.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 16 May 2026
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Leah Faye Cooper, Vanity Fair, 22 May 2026
Futures point to gains across Wall Street, which would push the S&P 500 into the green for the week, while the Dow Jones rose more than 270 points to close at a record high on Thursday.
—Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 22 May 2026
Two months before that, Intel had been removed from the Dow Jones Industrial Average and replaced by Nvidia.
—Bryce Hoffman, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
In the Great Recession of 2008, the Dow Jones lost more than half of its value.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 16 May 2026
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“The Dow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Dow. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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