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 would make its influence on the Dow's daily moves more comparable to companies such as Chevron or Johnson & Johnson.
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Sean Conlon,pia Singh, CNBC, 30 Oct. 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
In the Great Recession, the Dow lost more than half of its value between 2007 and 2009.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
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Sean Conlon,pia Singh, CNBC, 30 Oct. 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
In the Great Recession, the Dow lost more than half of its value between 2007 and 2009.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
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“The Dow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Dow. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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