shares 1 of 2

present tense third-person singular of share
as in participates
to take a share or part everyone in the enterprise will share in the profits

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shares

2 of 2

noun

plural of share
1
as in portions
something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group my share of the lottery winnings is over a million dollars her share of the bill comes to $13.44

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2
as in interests
a legal right to participation in the advantages, profits, and responsibility of something she sold her share in the business to her partner

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Recent Examples of shares
Verb
Whereas McKinney has never worked a civil case, Roy has managed multicity litigation and shares the credit for legal victories no attorney could secure alone. — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 Still, Duet shares its usage limits with ordinary Claude chats. — Wen Shao, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026 Andrew Durand, with his handsome crab-apple features, makes a perfectly quizzical Benjamin; Kelsee Kimmel is stirring as his true love, who shares his age just once. — Dan Stahl, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026 Chee shares a writing credit with her on episode five, in which Lee, played by an excellent Hoon Lee, leaves the Trasks to pursue his dream of opening a bookshop in San Francisco. — Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026 Underneath the bodywork, the F 450 RR shares its basic chassis architecture with the F 450 GS. — New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026 Pratt also shares a son, Jack, with his former wife, actress Anna Faris. — Janelle Ash , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026 Randle, 31, shares that goal, preaching from his very first post-trade media availability that the Nets plan on winning this season, not just grooming their young core for future. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026 The singer also shares his daughter, Alexa Joel, 40, with his ex-wife, Christie Brinkley. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 16 Oct. 2026
Noun
Investors can buy and sell shares of the fund on the stock exchange, rather than having to secure a direct stake in those businesses. — Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026 Rollins — The pest control company saw shares fall more than 5% after third-quarter results missed the Street's estimates. — Darla Mercado, Cfp®,fred Imbert, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026 Meta has a dual-class share structure, dividing the stock into Class A shares with one vote each and Class B shares with 10 votes each. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 The Ellison family and RedBird Capital Partners are the sole holders of Skydance’s Class A stock, giving them 100% control the voting shares. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
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Verb
  • Nevertheless, the findings demonstrate that the superior colliculus participates in predictive processing rather than simply reacting to incoming information.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Brundage drove from Illinois to attend Luftgekühlt and regularly participates in Porsche rallies and gatherings.
    — Chris Hardesty, AJC.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Adell said roads such as Rocky Canyon Road and 8th Street run through portions of that area, and only allow responders 10 feet of space on either side.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The score also compares the amount of each food needed to provide 100 grams of protein, not equal-sized portions.
    — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The company is planning one of the biggest IPOs in history as a public benefit corporation, a legal structure that requires management to balance broader public interests with profitability goals.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Leikauf’s announcement came amid a monthslong dispute with his predecessor, former Sheriff John D’Agostini, who accused him of putting his own interests ahead of the community.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Leica still makes film cameras, including the MP and M-A, which have no digital parts.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Faheem Akram, 33, was arrested after a weekslong search involving raids across several parts of the country, a senior official at the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency, Atif Ameer, told reporters.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Nvidia offers support via equity stakes and partnerships, then CoreWeave , Nebius and Iren , among others, buy the latest and greatest Nvidia chips — the current generation, Vera Rubin, was preceded by Grace Blackwell, Hopper and Ampere.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Exod With help from stakes and guy lines, the air beams then hold the tent fabric high and taut, creating a voluminous cabin ready to house a tactical table and everyone who has a stake in drafting the master plan.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The movement has reached almost unprecedented proportions, with other sectors joining the students, demanding better learning conditions and fighting against the cost-of-living crisis, hike in fuel prices, and erosion of social welfare.
    — Alessia Armenise, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Upon close examination, however, the epic proportions are there in miniature.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Employees were given quotas to investigate 40 subjects a day, which is a rate of roughly 12 minutes per subject.
    — Madeleine May, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Alongside Amazon Prime Video and Disney+, Netflix has lodged an appeal with France’s highest administrative court, the Conseil d’État, challenging new sub-quotas for investment in documentaries and animation.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Yet other scholars, activists and intellectuals have their takes, too, on the Harlem Renaissance’s many political movements and bids for Black self-determination.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • But none of those takes attacked a man's character the way Robinson attacked Hurts'.
    — Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026

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“Shares.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shares. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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