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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Wall Street is coming off a rough week, with the Dow recording its biggest weekly decline since April.
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Alex Harring, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2026
The stock selloff on Friday extended losses from a day earlier, when the Dow closed down 785 points.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
The deepening crisis sent oil prices soaring Thursday past $80 a barrel and caused the Dow Jones Industrial Average to tumble nearly 800 points.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Stocks tumbled Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average shedding almost 800 points as oil prices jumped amid the war with Iran.
—CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
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Alex Harring, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2026
The stock selloff on Friday extended losses from a day earlier, when the Dow closed down 785 points.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
The deepening crisis sent oil prices soaring Thursday past $80 a barrel and caused the Dow Jones Industrial Average to tumble nearly 800 points.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Stocks tumbled Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average shedding almost 800 points as oil prices jumped amid the war with Iran.
—CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
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