stock company

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Recent Examples of stock company Granterre, one of Italy’s largest dairy groups, is technically a stock company but owned by cooperatives of milk and cheese producers. Antonia Mortensen, CNN Money, 2 May 2026 The order requires the new stock company to get approval from the insurance department before issuing any dividends for three years. Paul Monies, Oklahoma Watch, 9 Mar. 2026 For readers who aren’t financial historians, Lamont was referring to a joint stock company from the early (or earlier) days of capitalism, involving the United Kingdom’s financing during the War of the Spanish Succession. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2026 Oklo — The nuclear technology company added nearly 3% after Canaccord Genuity initiated coverage of the stock company with a Buy rating. Sean Conlon,alex Harring, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025 Meme stock companies generally have shares that are less expensive, like $20 or less per share, so that more people can buy the shares. Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 26 July 2025 The other newspaper in Litchfield was the Litchfield Independent, which was a stock company of Edward P. Peterson, Al Sanders and Nathan C. Martin. Terry Shaw, Twin Cities, 24 Apr. 2024 Revolve purchased the company in June through L.A. Rive Droite, a French joint stock company. Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stock company
Noun
  • The bill would specifically forbid practices that Black Bear, the Stars and other companies have used to monopolize and vertically integrate the youth sports experience in hockey and beyond, driving up costs for families and pricing out many kids.
    Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 14 May 2026
  • Water levels were low, and rafting companies had been going out of business.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • Most of the other troupe members are already in high school.
    Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • The entire thing is a beautifully chaotic blank canvas for Sacramento’s music community to collaborate and mishmash within itself, to forge a platoon of one-off troupes and ramshackle supergroups — check out some prior videos on the event’s Instagram.
    Aaron Davis, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • German troops entered Vienna on March 12, 1938, five months after Heidi was born; within a day, the city had been draped in swastikas.
    Nicholas Dawidoff, New Yorker, 10 May 2026
  • Moscow's troops have been fighting in Ukraine for well over four years - longer than the Soviet involvement, from 1941-45, in what Russians refer to as the Great Patriotic War.
    Guy Faulconbridge, USA Today, 9 May 2026

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“Stock company.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stock%20company. Accessed 15 May. 2026.

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