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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for investment
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Like the half-million civilians remaining in Stalingrad when it was surrounded by Nazi forces, Gaza's residents are stuck within a siege, unable even to flee from the ruins to save their lives.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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There is some variation in the mix — Origins allows troops to perform certain tasks like opening locked doors or destroying watchtowers, as well as special squad attacks like arrow sieges and rally cries that can be useful in the midst of the action.—
Diego Argüello,
Rolling Stone,
13 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
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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 standoff lasted only hours after lawmakers who managed to get through a blockade voted to lift the measure.—
Kim Tong-Hyung,
The Christian Science Monitor,
19 Jan. 2025
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Experts say many are wary of investing in a region without a clear political future and that the key to reconstruction is lifting the blockade–but this remains a major point of contention.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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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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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
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Her perceptions transform the reality of migration into an imaginative experience of initiation.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
16 Jan. 2025
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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 31 Jan. 2025.
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