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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Think the Dow’s 30 powerhouses are all unstoppable money machines? Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025 Having closed at record levels Thursday, with the Dow finishing above 46,000 for the first time, all three major averages now look to round out the weekly period with gains. Sean Conlon,yun Li, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025 Over that period, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has jumped 6% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq has climbed 10%. Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025 Stocks rallied on those comments, with the Dow closing at a record high. Medora Lee, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the Dow

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