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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That helped boost the Dow, which is less exposed to the tech and AI wave.
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John Towfighi, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
That figure, which is provided by payrolls processing company ADP, beat the Dow Jones consensus estimate for an increase of 22,000.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2025
Yesterday was the 96th anniversary of Black Monday, the day in 1929 when the Dow Jones index fell 13%.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
By mid-November, the Dow had lost almost half of its value and would not return to its pre-crash heights until November 1954.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 28 Oct. 2025
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John Towfighi, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
That figure, which is provided by payrolls processing company ADP, beat the Dow Jones consensus estimate for an increase of 22,000.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2025
Yesterday was the 96th anniversary of Black Monday, the day in 1929 when the Dow Jones index fell 13%.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
By mid-November, the Dow had lost almost half of its value and would not return to its pre-crash heights until November 1954.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 28 Oct. 2025
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“The Dow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Dow. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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