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
As the night comes to a close, Little stands across from me on the terrace and shares the words of wisdom Tribeca co-founder Jane Rosenthal imparted to the cohort earlier in the week. — Karla Cote, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026 His push for sovereign access to the Eritrean seaport of Assab has reignited tensions with Eritrea, which shares a border with Tigray. — ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026 Sidibe, who shares her kids with husband Brandon Frankel, said their toddlers have even requested certain costumes. — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026 Co-curator Judith Clark shares her perspective on the convergence between Surrealism and fashion as art forms through the lens of the new exhibition. — Judith Clark, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2026 Kate shares her passion for gardening with King Charles and her kids. — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 24 Sep. 2026 Since the Ford Transit Custom now shares its platform with the new Volkswagen Transporter, Schmiede will also be offering the high roof for Volkswagen vans and campers. — New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2026 Hoda Kotb shares the unexpected tactic that helped guide her while parenting. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Sep. 2026 The movie is deadpan-funny but also shares the sisters’ romantic conviction that the world could reveal something truly wondrous. — Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Noun
Boeing shares have been hurt on the thought that elevated fuel costs pressure airlines' margins, leaving less cash on deck to buy more planes. — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026 Starbucks shares fell less than 1% Thursday in morning trading. — Dee-Ann Durbin, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026 Starbucks shares rose less than 1% Thursday in premarket trading. — ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
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  • In the ‘90s-style video of the song, Swift participates in a dance competition and receives three zeroes from the judges.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026
  • His son participates in the summit each year, and through those connections Moore funded the construction of a basketball court in Dakar, Senegal, this summer.
    — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • About 3 to 6 inches of rain was forecast for Guerrero and Michoacán states, with smaller amounts possible for coastal portions of Oaxaca, Colima and Jalisco states.
    — DESIREE BROOKS, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Police said investigators were later shown clips from Peters’ Twitch account that captured portions of the evening.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • According to a review published almost a decade ago in the International Journal of Women’s Health, these multiple terms reflect the problematic commercial and marketing interests potentially associated with this surgery.
    — Valerie Monroe, Allure, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The labels have disputed the claims and argue that these deals advance the interests of artists and songwriters.
    — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • By putting it in front of Binance's wide base of users, Circle is betting its flagship product can gain ground internationally and help build out other parts of the business.
    — Tanaya Macheel, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
  • That facility is designed to help train the Atlas robots on tasks such as sequencing automotive parts and placing the components in the correct order for assembly.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The meeting, first reported by Axios, comes at a high-stakes moment for Anthropic, which is gearing up for what's widely expected to be a blockbuster IPO.
    — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Technical skills, including foundational skills, technical currency and role-specific knowledge, are table stakes.
    — David Etue, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • What started as a wind shift in a remote stretch of the western Pacific Ocean nine months ago has developed into an El Niño of record proportions.
    — Ben Noll, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Over time, this has led retrotransposons to make up large proportions of a host genome in some cases; for example, nearly half of the human genome is retrotransposons.
    — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Under the terms of its settlement agreement, if Paramount falls short of its annual quotas, it’ll be fined $30 million per film, 90% of which will be paid out to film workers and 10% to the National Association of Attorneys General.
    — Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Neither side was on schedule to meet their respective purchasing quotas before Xi’s trip to Washington.
    — Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Those takes were by far the largest since May when Mormon Wives star Whitney Leavitt concluded her run as Roxie with a weekly gross of $1,688,129.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The trend forecaster and fashion analyst (who, online, goes as @oldloserinbrooklyn) is known for her prescient takes, which seem to lean in equal parts on data and a sixth sense for what’s to come.
    — Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 24 Sep. 2026

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“Shares.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shares. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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