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noun

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Recent Examples of blue chip
Adjective
The original blue chip tech stock has been steadily raising its dividend for decades, and investors who use each quarter's income to buy more shares could see enhanced returns over time. Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 24 July 2025 To be able to surround a blue chip freshman or two with really good players in retention and use the portal to fill important gaps and not have a total mercenary team every year. Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2025
Noun
In its announcement post, Nvidia highlighted early adopters and evaluators across blue-chip names in e-commerce, industrials, and tech, suggesting near-term pilots that could convert into volume orders if returns pencil out. Dave Smith, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025 The world’s biggest cryptocurrency is behaving more like a blue-chip stock as Wall Street’s buy-and-hold investors plunge in. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for blue chip
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blue chip
Adjective
  • But on a day when Mizzou amassed 595 total yards, converted 4 of 5 fourth downs and got an excellent effort from first-year starting quarterback Beau Pribula, surrendering possession had to fill Kansas followers with a sense of dread.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The openings can keep your feet cool or give you an excellent way to show off some eye-catching socks once the weather get cooler.
    Isis Briones, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Audi's done a terrific job applying a restrained retro-futuristic approach to the interiors.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The Detroit Lions went 15-2 last season, finishing with the best record in the NFC behind an explosive offense and some terrific coaching.
    Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Delaying this meal was linked with greater risk of death in a sizable 20-year study.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 4 Sep. 2025
  • It’s been three weeks since a historic flood put the greater Milwaukee area under water.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Bateman's character, Vince Friedken, battles a gambling addiction in a trailer for the crime thriller, as Law's Jake Friedken celebrates the growing success of his buzzy establishment.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The Georgia firebrand, who has been insistent that the United States stay out of affairs abroad, has attempted similar amendments to both the NDAA and appropriations bills in past years and recently, with no success.
    Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Allen finished with 424 all-purpose yards and four touchdowns; Jackson had 279 and three scores of his own in another stellar effort.
    Zak Keefer, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In addition to stellar dining choices, the bars in the neighborhood offer some of the most creative cocktails and mocktails in town.
    Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • With no 6 pips dominoes, my best guess was this would need four 5 pip tiles and one 4 pip tile to complete.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Eaglets make a pip — or a crack in the egg — as the chick hatches.
    Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • But if Julia’s delivery of her first child is about as wonderful as pushing a human out of your body can get — even the lighting is dreamy — her second child’s delivery is the exact opposite.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Morticia has this wonderful lighter look into the world as opposed to Wednesday.
    Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The band’s foundation was built on the joint songwriting of Davies and Hodgson, who sang lead on most of Supertramp’s hits, but their partnership was beginning to dissolve by the early 1980s.
    David Chiu, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Jalen Ramsey’s big hit on fourth down, separating the ball from Jets star receiver Garrett Wilson to seal the game.
    Mike DeFabo, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Blue chip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blue%20chip. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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