Thesaurus results for SHORTING

shorting

verb

present participle of short

as in squeezing

to rob by the use of trickery or threats charged that the used-car dealer had been shorting customers for years

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Recent Examples of shorting Basis trades are an arbitrage bet in which hedge funds are positioned long in cash Treasurys while shorting their corresponding futures contracts, with the aim of profiting from the price gap. — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2026 But at the basic level, the tax-aware long-short strategy is both buying stocks and shorting some of them to create losses that can then offset your tax bill. — Cooper Katz McKim, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026 Acting on such vague forecasts, like shorting Bitcoin, carries immense risk due to its volatility. — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026 In the nineties, George Soros became famous for shorting the British pound. — Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026 On second thought, shorting security stocks might be a bad idea. — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 27 Feb. 2026 Stanton demonstrates his battery by shorting the coils, which halts the pendulum due to the magnetic field’s braking effect. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2026 Use clam shell-type products to keep water from getting into the connection point and shorting out the lights. — Kylie Petty, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Dec. 2025 In the past, active investment managers could negate overvalued stocks by selling or shorting them. — Mark Dent, HubSpot, 7 Nov. 2025

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However, for platforms such as Meta, once users actively opt out of these features, user dwell time on platforms could shrink, squeezing advertising revenue potential.

— , CNBC, 12 Nov. 2026
Inflation was stubbornly high in October, Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Tuesday shows, a sign that the costs squeezing South Florida wallets hardest — particularly energy and housing –– remain elevated.

— Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of squeezing

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But wealthy migrants are also being courted by companies to pay thousands in exchange for help with cheating the system.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 13 Nov. 2026
School districts across the nation, including Chicago Public Schools, have been publicly wrestling with AI integration in the classroom amid ongoing concerns about cheating and short-circuiting student learning.

— Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of cheating

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According to a case report published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the doctors gave the man a topical treatment to numb his eyes and then began plucking out the worms one by one with fine forceps.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 26 Oct. 2026
Pai Skincare Bright Now Exfoliating Toner, $49 Organic is not as simple as plucking some flowers and putting them on your face.

— Brianna Peters, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of plucking

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When someone suggests to him that people in bygone times would dump loaves of bread into lakes and rivers when someone had drowned, Daniel starts sticking trackers into sturdy pieces of bread and tries it.

— Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2026
Remove any remaining leaves, then dip the base of each cutting in rooting hormone before sticking it in a lightweight potting medium.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Nov. 2026

Definition of sticking

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That urgency has marked Holden’s prolific output—especially the thrilling first installment of his Supreme Magnetic series in 2025 and 2022’s Joe Frog—as the Harlem rapper uses his street-hustling past to paint an autobiographical portrait.

— Matthew Ritchie, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
The 30-second teaser sees Jackson hustling around town, making money and recruiting his team of crooks.

— Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of hustling

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Unlike MacKay’s Ferrars, seemingly the more loyal and irreproachable type, both men end up screwing over the Dashwoods in their own ways.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2026
In a video from March 4, 2019, her co-worker David Xu can be seen approaching her desk, pouring a substance into the bottle, screwing the lid back on and quickly walking away.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of screwing

Verb

In an equally eerie recording the brothers produced, what sounded like a rapidly beating human heart could be heard.

— Micah Hanks, Space.com, 10 Nov. 2026
The Celtics have navigated a tough road so far, beating other top Class 5A contenders in Kankakee and Morgan Park the last two weeks.

— Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of beating

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