How to Use ticker in a Sentence

ticker

noun
  • The news came over the ticker.
  • Exercise is good for your ticker.
  • This means wrists, the sides of your neck, over your ticker.
    Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Then the broadcast cut to a printout of the day’s minute-by-minute ticker.
    Mattathias Schwartz, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2020
  • This was not the case for the deli, which traded under the ticker HWIN.
    New York Times, 2 June 2021
  • And what's up with the Bally Sports North score ticker?
    Howard Sinker, Star Tribune, 2 Apr. 2021
  • The stock, which trades under the ticker DJT, is down almost 30% in the past week.
    Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2024
  • The more likable the ticker symbol, the more valuable the firm, the researchers found.
    Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 14 Jan. 2021
  • In these spots, Branch, 48, projects a formal, zen-like image in the frame over the stock ticker.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2022
  • The chants weren’t the only thing that had changed since the last time the team earned a ticker-tape reception, after the 2015 cup.
    Fortune, 23 Sep. 2019
  • Treat your ticker with some TLC by adding these healthy-healthy foods to your diet.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Feb. 2022
  • The daily death toll climbed and the BBC News red ticker started popping up in my dreams.
    refinery29.com, 22 Jan. 2021
  • Note that each share class above has its own ticker symbol.
    James Brewer, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2022
  • Then on Wednesday, Williams spotted the news on the bottom TV ticker.
    Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Red wine has long been touted as a healthy indulgence that’s good for the ticker.
    Amy Osmond Cook, The Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2019
  • The tennis world didn’t know whether to giggle or hold a ticker-tape parade.
    Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Glenn said Fox News employed up to nine full-time staff writers to generate the copy for the ticker over the next 20 years.
    Stephen Battaglio Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2021
  • In the meantime, one big question remains: Who is going to claim the ETH ticker?
    John Detrixhe, Quartz, 5 Aug. 2021
  • The company’s stock ticker—SQ —will also stay the same.
    Kurt Wagner, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2021
  • The ticker paper didn’t hurt him, but a muffler dropped off a car, flipped, and almost clocked the general in the head.
    Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2022
  • News-tickers flashed it to the floors of stock exchanges and stockmarket prices took a swift tumble.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 18 Oct. 2019
  • On Fox News, which stayed with the remarks, the ticker showed the market getting a big boost during the day, with the Dow rising more than 500 points.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Like the rise and fall of a stock ticker, one notable Wall Street trend from a few years ago has made its way back into the zeitgeist: meme stocks.
    Justin Klawans, The Week Us, theweek, 24 May 2024
  • While Apache now operates as a subsidiary under the new name, the ticker remains the same.
    Gurufocus, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Don’t watch any more KU hoops until that ticker is super strong!
    Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 17 Feb. 2024
  • At a ticker-tape parade in New York, a few days later, the same cheer resounded.
    Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 4 May 2020
  • The words unfurl like a ticker-tape distillation of what’s new in the mainstream.
    Max Norman, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2023
  • For Nez, there would be no ticker-tape welcome, just the quiet of the reservation and his father's home.
    Betty Reid, azcentral, 29 Aug. 2019
  • While the names and ticker symbols may be similar, the two banks couldn’t be more different.
    Drew Singer, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2023
  • While the flagging leadership of mega-cap tech has caused plenty of bumps, the broader list of stocks have held in there, more than 60% of tickers in a long-term uptrend.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2024

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