firms

plural of firm

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Recent Examples of firms Last year, attacks on undersea cables in Eastern Europe’s Baltic Sea, allegedly linked to Russia, disrupted connectivity in Sweden and Latvia, prompting calls from telecom firms for governments to step in. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026 That agreement, which promised financial firms up to $125 billion in residual value guarantees on GPU financings, was in addition to the stakes Nvidia has taken as a limited partner in private equity funds. — Kif Leswing,isabel O'Brien, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026 Amazon is just one of several employers, including tech firms Microsoft, Cisco, and IBM, that have pledged through the government’s Youth Guarantee initiative to create more jobs for young Britons. — Kristen Parisi, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026 Small- to medium-sized domestic firms, particularly in the technology, pharmaceuticals, and construction sectors, offered stronger job growth and better employment conditions than larger businesses, ACET said. — Paige Bruton, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026 The sportswear giant saw its listing getting dropped from the prestigious S&P 100 — a subset of 100 mega-cap, blue chip firms from the S&P 500 — although Nike continues to trade on the Big Board and remains a part of the broader S&P 500 Index. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026 The plaintiffs, represented by the law firms Poolson Oden and Grant & Eisenhofer, alleged that Union Pacific failed to provide adequate protective equipment or warn employees about hazardous exposures. — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2026 Big tech firms in the US are pouring billions into advanced nuclear power to feed energy-hungry artificial intelligence. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026 Increasingly, banks are looking beyond their own industry for talent, bringing in executives from tech firms, retailers, consulting practices and other adjacent fields. — Paul Davis, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for firms
companies
Noun
  • Meanwhile, companies are deploying AI agents by the thousand, and not one of them has read the company policy or heard the new local court ruling.
    — Daniel Kjellén, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • However, credit monitoring depends on information that lenders and other companies report to credit bureaus.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

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“Firms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firms. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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