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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grubstaking
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If a company has a lot of floating-rate assets (their portfolio lending) but also a healthy amount of floating-rate debt, a lower portfolio yield might be offset by a lower cost of paying off that debt.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025 -
His bat said that the work is perhaps paying off.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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The president had previously been adamant about Harvard paying up, as a few other schools have done, to end federal actions against it.—
Lexi Lonas Cochran,
The Hill,
5 Sep. 2025
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Still, many are not convinced that is a good reason for Medicaid to continue paying up to a five-fold premium for public ambulance service providers relative to private competitors.—
Patrick Gleason,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The increase was due to Walmart introducing some higher-paying hourly roles in its Auto Care Centers last year, among other changes, the company said.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
18 Sep. 2025
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The poster continued to drag out the process, paying with cash instead of a card and taking their time bagging the groceries.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Sophia’s long-standing area of focus is in guiding organizations on how to balance immediate financial goals with sustainability and ESG governance for long-term business viability.—
Sophia Mendelsohn,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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European businesses will be closely watching that meeting, as China is the EU’s second-largest goods partner with trade standing at $732 billion euros in 2024.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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But this comes at the cost of EchoStar liquidating most of its spectrum licenses, according to MoffettNathanson Research.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
8 Sep. 2025
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Managing or liquidating such a massive position during volatility could pose challenges that smaller firms avoid.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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But the most recent federal data showed that the labor market was on shakier footing than previously thought.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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Ketamine therapy gains footing Ketamine therapy has been gaining popularity in recent years and, in select cases, has been used to treat young people.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Voters should be able to see, right away, who is funding their representatives, especially in the wake of tragedy.—
John J. Donohue,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Frequently, capital comes with deep industry roots — a former music executive backing a music startup, or a healthcare veteran funding a medtech company.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Grubstaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grubstaking. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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