: the influential financial interests of the U.S. economy
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After college she got a job on Wall Street.
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Shares of the company also dropped in February, when the Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. Justice Department was investigating UnitedHealth's Medicare billing practices.—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 14 May 2025 Last year, another report from The Wall Street Journal had said the logistics companies had entertained a returns partnership in 2023, in which FedEx would accept returns of Amazon packages at its more than 2,000 FedEx Office locations.—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 13 May 2025 Although the immediate market response was negative, most pharmaceutical stocks recovered after Wall Street analysts emphasized the considerable legal obstacles the order would encounter.—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025 The latest layoffs come just weeks after Microsoft reported strong sales and profits that beat Wall Street expectations for the January-March quarter.—Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 13 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for Wall Street
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Etymology
Wall Street, New York City, site of the New York Stock Exchange
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