investment

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as in siege
the cutting off of an area by military means to stop the flow of people or supplies the investment of Cuba was one of the decisive moments in the Cuban Missile Crisis

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as in inaugural
the process or an instance of being formally placed in an office or organization the investment of a new diocesan bishop is typically a grand and solemn occasion

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Recent Examples of investment Amid the region’s modern evolution, curated investments in state-of-the-art facilities and architecture have added a bold aesthetic to Rioja’s landscape. Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 15 May 2025 The launch of the fund coincides with major sports leagues making multiple changes to ownership rules related to institutional investment. Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 15 May 2025 The programme will provide eligible productions with a combination of equity investment and a cashflow facility, available to films shooting at Garden Studios in London. Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 15 May 2025 This milestone signals the fruition of years of strategic investment, education and international collaboration that has transformed Catalonia into an emerging force of European auteur cinema. Jamie Lang, Variety, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for investment
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  • With the help of officers from the New York Police Department, Columbia laid a brutal siege on its own student body: more than seven hundred arrested, more than one hundred injured.
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 17 May 2025
  • In 1866, a white mob laid siege to those attempting to amend the state’s constitution to enfranchise Black voters, in what became known as the Mechanics Institute Massacre.
    Chelsea Stieber, The Conversation, 14 May 2025
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  • If fundraising is Global’s plan with its pair of inaugurals, leaving its A380 parked at JFK for four days between flights is an odd choice.
    Edward Russell, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
  • Often times, the swearing-in of the President for a second term generates a lower audience than the initial inaugural.
    Brad Adgate, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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  • Israel imposed a blockade on all supplies entering Gaza in March, saying Hamas was seizing supplies meant for civilians - a charge the group denies.
    Nidal al-Mughrabi, USA Today, 23 May 2025
  • Netanyahu’s government lifted its blockades this week after approximately three months of preventing food and other humanitarian aid from entering the Gaza Strip.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 22 May 2025
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  • This exhibition is widely seen as the inauguration of modernism in the visual arts in England.
    Jenny Noyce, JSTOR Daily, 14 May 2025
  • But Cook has been working to curry favor with Trump, including by attending the inauguration and announcing a $500 billion investment to expand Apple’s US facilities that the president claimed as a political win.
    Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
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  • Calumet — The special product producer jumped 2.2% following Bank of America’s initiation at a buy rating.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 13 May 2025
  • That trend continued in later years, as revenue from initiation fees surged, boosting operating income from about $2 million in 2014 to $22 million in 2022.
    Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025

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“Investment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/investment. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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