investment

noun

Definition of investmentnext
1
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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2
as in inauguration
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 That said, some market watchers see Skydance as an attractive investment after Wednesday’s stock drop. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026 Now Amazon has major investments in Anthropic and Open AI and seems poised to decimate a variety of creative industries with very little pushback. — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026 That conviction is guiding the $385 billion Abu Dhabi fund on its investment decisions. — semafor.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Among Outerlight’s portfolio, the company also owns Puzzle Pictures, with investments in MHz Choice and Passionflix. — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for investment
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  1. siege
  2. inauguration
  3. blockade
  4. inaugural
  5. initiation
Noun
  • For Deshane Gregg, whose vehicle was forced off the road by a convoy of contractors and federal agents, the recent show of force on the reservation has felt like a government siege, not cooperation.
    — Ryan Devereaux, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2026
  • In the war-and-plague story of Volume II, the wartime siege of Constantinople exacerbates the extreme heat and causes the ruin of the city as well as the eventual spread of the epidemic from the battlefields to the wider world.
    — Eileen Hunt, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of siege
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  • Peñalver’s inauguration Friday will follow a Mass honoring the university’s Catholic and Jesuit traditions.
    — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Meta donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration, a move that earned Zuckerberg a prominent spot on the dais alongside a bevy of other tech executives.
    — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of inauguration
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  • Police cleared a blockade at Assas university, a top French law school in central Paris, on Friday morning.
    — Makini Brice, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The rebel group retaliated by declaring the truce dead and announced a naval blockade on Saudi ships.
    — Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of blockade
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  • Stone Mountain artist Angela Lanell looked forward to selling her work at the inaugural The Other Art Fair in Atlanta this week for several reasons.
    — Jewel Wicker, AJC.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Van Dijk and her fellow travelers even brought their own swag to give out and said inaugurals feel like a bonding experience for everyone on the flight.
    — Zach Wichter, USA Today, 10 May 2026
Definition of inaugural
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  • Members are charged a $10,000 annual fee, plus a $5,000 initiation fee, according to company materials reviewed by Fortune.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
  • That said, their relative scarcity means that initiation and membership fees are a multiple of those charged at home.
    — Mark Cecil, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of initiation

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“Investment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/investment. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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