- present tense form of share (3rd person singular).
shares
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Shares rose 5% after the biotech moved to bolster its balance sheet through an upsized stock offering, signaling investor appetite in the wake of positive clinical-trial data.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026
Shares have gained 260% this year and 1,288% over the past 12 months as the company has benefited from the AI sector’s immense energy needs.
From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026
Shares of Sandisk were falling Wednesday as investors moved out of the broader chip sector following a strong run in the first half of the year.
From MarketWatch • Jul. 1, 2026
Shares of Nvidia, which remains the largest company market capitalizations, are trading about 5% lower than the day Burry announced his short.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026
Shares were then something like one hundred and twenty-seven and a quarter; higher afterwards; higher the whole month of November; shaky towards the end of the year; very shaky, indeed, in January.
From Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James
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