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
Ukraine has increasingly become a real-world testing ground for emerging military technologies, attracting defense firms and startups from the West.
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 16 Mar. 2026
Now, if oil prices remain elevated, those same firms will face fresh cost pressures and few, or no, options for substituting oil.
—Rachel Barber, USA Today, 15 Mar. 2026
Banks and American firms based in the financial center allowed their staff to work from home at the beginning of the war, but many have ordered it following last week's attacks.
—Emma Graham, CNBC, 15 Mar. 2026
Such a distinction had only ever applied to infrastructure firms, like Huawei or Kaspersky Labs, with ties to adversarial foreign governments, and there was no domestic precedent.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
Political risk insurance is a type of coverage intended to protect firms against financial losses caused by unstable political conditions, government actions, or violence.
—Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
Other standout examples include IKEA, Aldi, Honda, Toyota, Mint Mobile, Lands’ End, and Patagonia — firms that have built durable customer loyalty by prioritizing value over margin extraction.
—Jerry Haar, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
Indonesia moved to tighten export earnings rules for natural resource firms in December, requiring deposits in state banks, capping rupiah currency conversion, and limiting offshore transfers, to keep dollars onshore and support the rupiah.
—Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 9 Mar. 2026
Several Ukrainian firms have already fielded effective systems.
—Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 16 Mar. 2026
Now, if oil prices remain elevated, those same firms will face fresh cost pressures and few, or no, options for substituting oil.
—Rachel Barber, USA Today, 15 Mar. 2026
Banks and American firms based in the financial center allowed their staff to work from home at the beginning of the war, but many have ordered it following last week's attacks.
—Emma Graham, CNBC, 15 Mar. 2026
Such a distinction had only ever applied to infrastructure firms, like Huawei or Kaspersky Labs, with ties to adversarial foreign governments, and there was no domestic precedent.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
Political risk insurance is a type of coverage intended to protect firms against financial losses caused by unstable political conditions, government actions, or violence.
—Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
Other standout examples include IKEA, Aldi, Honda, Toyota, Mint Mobile, Lands’ End, and Patagonia — firms that have built durable customer loyalty by prioritizing value over margin extraction.
—Jerry Haar, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
Indonesia moved to tighten export earnings rules for natural resource firms in December, requiring deposits in state banks, capping rupiah currency conversion, and limiting offshore transfers, to keep dollars onshore and support the rupiah.
—Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 9 Mar. 2026
Several Ukrainian firms have already fielded effective systems.
—Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for firms
companies
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Stocks of smaller companies, which can feel the pinch of higher interest rates more than their bigger rivals, led the way lower.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Mar. 2026
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The answer was right under its nose—the original site of Art Basel, the namesake of the companies’ major cultural piece of IP, which also happens to be within the serene borders of Switzerland but in a more temperate Rhineland climate.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Firms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firms. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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