dow
to be able.
to thrive; prosper; do well.
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the Dow or the Dow Jones , a shortened form of Dow Jones average: The Dow is up nearly 8,400 points from its record low on February 12.The 7 percent drop in the Dow Jones was a harbinger of the precipice on which the economy was then hanging.
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Charles Henry, 1851–1902, U.S. journalist and publisher: a founder of Dow Jones company.
Ger·rard [Dutch gey-rahrt]. /Dutch ˈgeɪ rɑrt/. Dou, Gerard.
Herbert Henry, 1866–1930, U.S. chemist, inventor, and industrialist.
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dowager.
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How to use dow in a sentence
That’s the question raised last week, as a host of companies—Marriott, AT&T, American Express, Best Buy, Cisco, Comcast, dow and Amazon among them—suspended campaign contributions to members of Congress who challenged the election results.
dow, a chemical company with 36,000 workers worldwide, said its decision to cut off political donations to the 147 Republican lawmakers would last for an entire election cycle — two years for House members and six years for senators.
Campaign finance system rocked as firms pause or halt contributions after election results challenged | Todd Frankel, Jeff Stein, Tony Romm | January 11, 2021 | Washington PostProviding generous help and offering hope to people who went to bed hungry after watching other people celebrate the dow hitting 30,000 for the first time might give us a start on healing some of the divisiveness wracking our country.
The stock market is soaring to new heights. But most Americans aren’t along for the ride. | Allan Sloan | December 4, 2020 | Washington PostThe dow, which last week surpassed 30,000 for the first time, is ahead nearly 13 percent and on pace for its best month since 1987.
Wall Street on pace for record-breaking November | Hamza Shaban | November 30, 2020 | Washington PostThe push into value stocks has propelled the dow and Russell 2000 to all-time highs, with volumes that suggest the rally has plenty of legs.
The Dow’s record run to 30K is nothing compared to the rally in these small caps | Bernhard Warner | November 25, 2020 | Fortune
On Friday, both the dow and the S&P 500 closed at record highs.
GOP’s Biggest 2016 Problem: Clinton’s Numbers Among White Voters | Lloyd Green | June 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSide effects may include recession, job contraction, 401(k) bruising, recurrent dow fluctuation, and IRA bleeding.
Up to a Point: PJ O’Rourke on Sochi and Senate Slackers | P. J. O’Rourke | February 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe dow Jones Industrial Average soared nearly 200 points, closing above 16,000.
The dow Jones Industrial Average is at about 15,727, also near a record high.
Don’t Credit Obama with the Stock Boom, Credit the Fed and the International Economy | Daniel Gross | November 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTStocks are booming, with the S&P and the dow each near record highs.
Don’t Credit Obama with the Stock Boom, Credit the Fed and the International Economy | Daniel Gross | November 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTLorenzo dow is still remembered by some of the "old fogies" as one of the most eccentric men that ever lived.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | Various"I am more than a Captain," said the General, opening his overcoat slightly, to show his double dow of buttons.
Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) | John McElroyDaugh-ter and I had been watch-ing the child from the li-bra-ry win-dow.
Pages for Laughing Eyes | Unknowndow overheard the remark, and rising, preached to his hearers such a sermon on Gehenna that they never forgot it, or him.
Ocean to Ocean on Horseback | Willard GlazierBeside him lay a vacant timber claim, and he invited a young man named dow to take it, dow boarded with Branson.
Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler | Pardee Butler
British Dictionary definitions for Dow
/ (daʊ, Dutch dɔu) /
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