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Examples of Wall Street in a Sentence
After college she got a job on Wall Street.
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The former Baywatch star, 57, attended the 2024 Gotham Film Awards at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on Monday, Dec 2, donning a strapless butter yellow gown with a large bow in the back.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
As the Wall Street Journal notes, in July, the company reported that its net profit for the first half of the year had dropped by 48 percent compared to 2023.
—Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 2 Dec. 2024
More than 10 years after her breakout performance in The Wolf of Wall Street, Margot Robbie is taking credit for her full-frontal debut.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 1 Dec. 2024
The Wall Street investment bank advises buying call options — a contract to purchase stock at a specific strike price at a set expiration time – five days before a company’s analyst day and selling the options back into the market one day later.
—Brian Evans, CNBC, 1 Dec. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
Wall Street, New York City, site of the New York Stock Exchange
First Known Use
1831, in the meaning defined above
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“Wall Street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Wall%20Street. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
Wall Street
noun
: the powerful financial interests that control or influence the U.S. economy
Etymology
from Wall Street in New York City, site of a major stock trading exchange
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