financial
adjective
fi·nan·cial
fə-ˈnan(t)-shəl 
fī-
: relating to finance or financiers
financial aid
the financial district
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Examples of financial in a Sentence
The company is headed for financial disaster.
a family struggling with financial problems
I would like some financial advice before I buy this house.
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They may often be disguised as formal IRS forms or reputable tax and accounting advisory companies attempting to collect personal and financial information.
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2025
Naturally, the risk is that these AIs might eventually try to buy other financial instruments, like existing bonds and stocks.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
There are financial implications if the utility is found to be at fault.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025
If the collaboration is successful in bringing new drugs or other therapies to market, the university and Deerfield would share in the financial upside, said Samir Mayekar, managing director of the university’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
—Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2025
Naturally, the risk is that these AIs might eventually try to buy other financial instruments, like existing bonds and stocks.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
There are financial implications if the utility is found to be at fault.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025
If the collaboration is successful in bringing new drugs or other therapies to market, the university and Deerfield would share in the financial upside, said Samir Mayekar, managing director of the university’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
—Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Financial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/financial. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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