firms

plural of firm

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Recent Examples of firms The coalition now spans chipmakers, cloud providers, security vendors, application companies and the venture firms behind them. Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026 Max Pritt, an attorney for Boies Schiller Flexner who represents book authors in copyright litigation against AI firms, said the government is in the same boat. Kif Leswing,jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 25 July 2026 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent also reiterated Wednesday that the US could sanction Chinese firms over such IP theft, without mentioning Moonshot or others by name. John Liu, CNN Money, 24 July 2026 The coalition of tech firms did not mention China or Moonshot in the letter, but rather appealed to the need to bolster and maintain US competitiveness in AI. Michael Shepard, Fortune, 24 July 2026 From the launch of ChatGPT, in late 2022, through the end of last year, these firms’ capital expenditures—most of which go toward data centers—well exceeded half a trillion dollars. Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026 Canada’s discussion over its future fighter fleet has taken another step after aerospace firms outlined plans for an advanced training and mission support network centered on the Saab Gripen. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for firms
companies
Noun
  • As is true for many other industries in China, intense competition at home is driving companies to expand globally.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 July 2026
  • Other companies that have ALPRs include Axon, PlateSmart, Innova Systems, Perceptics, and Jenoptik.
    Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026

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