firms

plural of firm

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Recent Examples of firms Its membership spans producers, executive producers, distributors, sales agents, technical and post-production firms and dubbing houses. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026 Last month, the rail authority’s Inspector General found that rail authority leaders, including CEO Ian Choudri, approved $2 million that four consulting firms had billed the bullet train system. — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2026 Over 20 major firms, including convenience store chain Lawson and car rental operator Times Car, have reported attacks, according to The Financial Times, leading to the loss of tens of millions of pieces of customer data. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 10 Oct. 2026 Tactical deals Another emerging option is to cut large deals with firms that have truckloads of GPUs for rent. — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026 The firms declined a skills test at the outset, so the researchers inferred skill gains from random assignment instead of measuring before and after. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026 Robinson is just the latest in a growing parade of researchers and safety workers who have left their positions at prominent AI firms. — Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2026 China’s leading firms are still just approaching top US labs in capabilities, partly explaining their lack of transparency. — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026 The firms that get this right may not be those whose systems know the most. — Kelvin Cheema, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for firms
companies
Noun
  • Oracle hasn't disclosed the names of companies that choose this path.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026
  • North Carolina law bars local governments from setting wages at private companies, including airlines, according to the city.
    — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 10 Oct. 2026

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“Firms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firms. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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