investment

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as in siege
the cutting off of an area by military means to stop the flow of people or supplies the investment of Cuba was one of the decisive moments in the Cuban Missile Crisis

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as in inaugural
the process or an instance of being formally placed in an office or organization the investment of a new diocesan bishop is typically a grand and solemn occasion

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Recent Examples of investment There may be opportunities to assess your wealth, especially in regard to assets, investments, lines of credit or a shift in your benefits. Kyle Thomas, People.com, 26 Jan. 2025 By 2030, properties bought by Amazon will represent the first site of Amazon Web Services' planned $10 billion investment in data centers across Ohio. Mariyam Muhammad, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2025 What is most needed, beyond investment in high quality employment opportunities and affordable housing for Hartford’s poor majority, is a re-imagination of possibilities for this city and its region. Garth Andrew Myers, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2025 Too many redundancies bog down any sense of narrative momentum and too little structure is given to support our investment in the family’s sprawling, troubled lives. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for investment 
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  • The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have targeted Hamas infrastructure, but the airstrikes and siege have also led to a humanitarian crisis.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Ludovico’s secret tunnel—which may have stretched over half a mile—would have provided the widower private visitations and served as an escape route in case of a siege.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Jan. 2025
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  • Barack Obama’s first inaugural in 2009 drew an average of about 37.8 million throughout the day; his second in 2013 captured about 20.6 million.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Similar to previous inaugurals, Nielsen’s audience numbers do not include streaming which continues to grow as a video source.
    Brad Adgate, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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  • The Northeast Asian country also forms part of a north-south blockade known as the first island chain with Taiwan and the Philippines under a U.S. defense concept that seeks to constrain Chinese air and naval forces in wartime with allied and friendly territories.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Mizelle also ordered the immediate dismissal of three FACE Act cases related to 2021 blockades of clinics in Tennessee, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
    ALANNA DURKIN RICHER AND CHRISTINE FERNANDO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 25 Jan. 2025
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  • Bezos’ Amazon and Zuckerberg’s Meta were among the tech firms that tithed $1 million each to help pay for Trump’s inauguration.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Among the many executive orders since his Jan. 20 inauguration, Mr. Trump took aim at rooting out diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, programs within the federal government.
    CBS News, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2025
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  • Her perceptions transform the reality of migration into an imaginative experience of initiation.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Freedom refers to the absence of the initiation of physical force, the absence of compulsion and coercion.
    Brian P Simpson, Orange County Register, 7 Jan. 2025

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“Investment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/investment. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.

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