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Pinchpoints tend to be around the arrival for the weekend on Thursday and Friday.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Research shows utilities with elected managers tend to deliver more affordable drinking water.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
“Companies tend to issue when equity demand is strong, earnings momentum is healthy and investor risk appetite is elevated.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
Equity offerings dilute existing shareholders, so they tend to drag down a stock.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
“Good, that’s no problem—we’ve had a number of homeschoolers transfer in since I joined the school ten years ago, and they tend to be some of our most unique thinkers.”
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Vocabulary lists containing tend
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