How to Use SPAC in a Sentence

SPAC

abbreviation or noun
  • The fintech had tried to merge with a SPAC in 2021 but ended up pulling those plans.
    Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2023
  • But now, the market has dried up and shares of companies that did SPAC deals have crashed.
    Jennifer Hiller, WSJ, 11 July 2023
  • Investors are still very wary, and the actual SPAC market has all but dried up.
    Andrew Freedman, Axios, 18 July 2024
  • The company attempted to go public via a SPAC merger in 2022, though those efforts were dropped.
    Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Lucid went public through a SPAC in mid-2021 before releasing its first car.
    Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 17 July 2024
  • The company went public through a SPAC transaction last year, and currently has a market cap of around a billion dollars.
    Alan Murray, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Plenty of shareholders are now suing SPAC sponsors over their losses.
    Jonathan Randles, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2023
  • It is publicly traded after a SPAC transaction (of more recent vintage).
    Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 12 July 2023
  • All went public via a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC.
    Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The company, which went public via a SPAC in 2022, isn't profitable and has seen its shares slump as public investors retreated from growth companies.
    Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024

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