First recorded in 1960–65
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The daily chart has shown some absolute strength against peers, with BAC acting well on the ratio chart over the past year.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
Etienne, 36 years old, works for Bank of America BAC -0.24%decrease; red down pointing triangle in London.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
Bank of America BAC -1.91%decrease; red down pointing triangle held its first investor day in more than a decade Wednesday to sell Wall Street on a story of bigger profits and faster growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025
The BBC went to the registered office of BAC Consulting, situated in a residential area of the Hungarian capital, Budapest.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2024
BAC helped push Senator Joe McCarthy over the brink in 1954, by supplying a bit of backbone to the Eisenhower Administration at the right time.
From The Invisible Government by Dan Smoot
Cold bulk fermentation, also called pointage en bac in French, is a technique where the dough — all in one large mass — is placed into the refrigerator for some number of hours before dividing.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2021
For the new bac, each student will be tested in French and philosophy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2018
Some take the bac 2-3 times without succeeding.
From US News ● Sep. 22, 2016
"Victor Hugo because of you I flunked my bac."
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2014
For example, abc, acb, bac, bca, cab, cba.
From The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, April, 1880 by Aaron Walker
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