the joint

noun

US slang
: prison
five years in the joint

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Under the joint venture model, the company’s earnings per share in fiscal 2028 would fall by about 15 cents, Smith said. Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026 That is the joint-highest number of goals scored by substitutes for a team in the division over the period with… Hurzeler’s Brighton. Andy Naylor, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026 No settlement or confidentiality agreements were part of the joint filing, Anderson said in an interview. Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 27 Jan. 2026 In December 2020 volunteers from the joint student chapter of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation–Microwave Theory and Techniques (IEEE AP-MTT) societies at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur launched a grassroots STEM outreach initiative with support from the IEEE Kharagpur Section. IEEE Spectrum, 26 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the joint

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“The joint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20joint. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.

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