How to Use investment in a Sentence

investment

noun
  • That led to his first brand deal with investment platform Bloom: $100 for two videos.
    Rachel Lerman, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
  • And at least so far, social robots just aren’t worth the investment, Wright told me.
    Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2024
  • All the investment went into (the) Power and Light (District).
    Anna Spoerre, Kansas City Star, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Plus, these investment pieces are durable enough to be passed on to generations to come.
    Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 28 Sep. 2023
  • There's no denying that a mattress is a huge investment.
    Sabrina Talbert, Women's Health, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Ryan Reynolds has his sights set on a new investment: Formula 1 team Alpine.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2023
  • And malls that cannot make those investments are suffering for it, experts say.
    Ashley Ahn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Rivers are being emptied, and new investment has dried up.
    Fred Pearce, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2024
  • In the same time frame, venture capital investment falls by 25%.
    Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Glynn calls the money Fort Worth spends on firefighters’ gear and equipment an investment.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Apr. 2024
  • The report calls for investment by both the public and private sectors to work on making downtown a viable asset for the city and state.
    Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Nine of Pentacles: Taurus, this month is going to be one of rewards for your past investments in yourself and your life.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2023
  • The country huffs out a quarter of the world’s greenhouse gases but also accounts for about half of the world’s clean energy investment.
    Marshall Ingwerson, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Like the coupon book, all proceeds of this sweet investment benefit the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.
    Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2023
  • That leaves the third type of recession–when shocks or bursting real investment bubbles end the cycle.
    Carolina Martinez, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2024
  • That continual investment is the source of the undeniable rail safety gains over the last two decades.
    Ian Jefferies, Fortune, 15 June 2023
  • The Chargers’ biggest investment in free agency was in tight end Will Dissly, who is known more for his blocking than pass catching.
    Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
  • The source did, on the other hand, admit that PIF is a limited partner investor in Ardian’s investment funds.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Last month, it was delisted from the stock market, and a potential deal for an investment from a large automaker collapsed.
    Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
  • About 125 MDs, including some in investment banking, will lose their jobs, said one of the people, who asked to not be identified because the cuts aren’t public.
    BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2023
  • The railway board would oversee the fund and hire a financial manager to handle investments.
    Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 28 June 2023
  • The Next Level Basic author initially viewed the investment as a smart branding move.
    Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 14 June 2023
  • Overall, this sheet set is a high-quality investment for your bedroom.
    Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 27 June 2023
  • Biden, in his State of the Union, called for major new investments in child care, elder care, affordable housing and education.
    Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Rain isn’t exclusive to any one season, so a good rain coat is a worthy investment that should give you some versatility in at least three seasons of the year.
    Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The spike in local cleantech investment comes amid an overall worldwide slump in venture funding.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Instead of progress since that fateful day 18-year-old Brown was fatally shot, the U.S. saw more high profile deaths and continued investments in policing.
    Malaika Jabali, Essence, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Akunyili Crosby’s subtle art pays off with an investment of time.
    The Beautiful Ones, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Your business investments have tripled, due to your creativity in areas that are meaningful to you.
    Essence, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The site of the Biden announcement on Wednesday marks the same location where Trump touted a different corporate investment six years ago.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 8 May 2024

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