the Dow

noun

US

: the daily average of the stock prices of a group of large American companies : the Dow-Jones industrial average

Examples of the Dow in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

By mid-November, according to the Federal Reserve, the Dow had lost approximately half of its value. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026

For the week, the Dow is modestly higher, while the S & P 500 and Nasdaq are modestly lower. — Alexa Lomonaco,matthew J. Belvedere,jeff Marks, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

Among those signing on to the brief were the Associated Press, Reuters, NPR, the National Press Club, CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox News and the Dow Jones Co. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026

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