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firms

  • plural
    of firm.
    firm
    adjective
    not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid.
  • present tense form
    of firm (3rd person singular).
    firm
    adjective
    not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid.

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The so-called entity list restricts US trade with overseas firms and individuals.

From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2026

LA28 leaders previously estimated their spending with outside firms would total about $4 billion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2026

Media reports also suggest Ms. Huang’s Singapore-based company, Megaspeed, may have been part of an effort by Chinese firms to circumvent American export controls on Nvidia’s most cutting-edge chips.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

According to the New York Times, Lutnick’s department has permitted chip sales to other suspicious firms with ties to China’s government, too.

From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2026

And the bonds that had been most ineptly rated were the bonds that Wall Street firms had tricked the rating agencies into rating most ineptly.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis