as in companies
a commercial or industrial activity or organization
merged with another firm to become a major player in the brokerage business
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Recent Examples of firms
That kind of philanthropy is unusual in an age when many billionaires flaunt their wealth with mega-yachts and Wall Street firms work to extract profits from their investments.
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David Gelles, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
Technology firms — and artificial intelligence companies such as Broadcom and Nvidia, in particular — led the rise.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
Cecchetti and Schoenholtz also note that the President’s Digital Assets Working Group proposal flips the burden of argument from the firms supplying stablecoins to the regulators.
—Nick Sargen, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
This is particularly beneficial for startup firms.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
But analysts have cautioned that a 50% duty is akin to a trade embargo and is likely to harm smaller firms.
—Afp, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2025
The department’s officials have worked with private advisory firms over nearly four years to curate a pipeline of African companies to list in London.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2025
David Gelles, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
Technology firms — and artificial intelligence companies such as Broadcom and Nvidia, in particular — led the rise.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
Cecchetti and Schoenholtz also note that the President’s Digital Assets Working Group proposal flips the burden of argument from the firms supplying stablecoins to the regulators.
—Nick Sargen, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
This is particularly beneficial for startup firms.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
But analysts have cautioned that a 50% duty is akin to a trade embargo and is likely to harm smaller firms.
—Afp, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2025
The department’s officials have worked with private advisory firms over nearly four years to curate a pipeline of African companies to list in London.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for firms
companies
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In due course the informality and loosening of the customs around dressing would take people all the way to grunge and eventually, in the new millennium, put CEOs of multimillion-dollar companies in hoodies.—
Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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Pakam connects waste companies with a tracking and payments program.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Firms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firms. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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