Example Sentences

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First-quarter revenue came in at $43.6 billion, down 0.9% from a year before, while analysts tracked by FactSet had been modeling $43.5 billion.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

For the full fiscal year, MongoDB is targeting $2.86 billion to $2.9 billion in revenue, while analysts had been modeling $2.9 billion.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026

Revenue in the fourth quarter amounted to $36.4 billion, up from $35.7 billion a year before, while analysts tracked by FactSet had been modeling $36.1 billion.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 30, 2026

That’s notable because investors had become worried that Nvidia chips might not have useful lives as long as customers had been modeling through their accounting, adding profit risk to the AI trade.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 20, 2025

This evening, as I wrote, Prince Rose-red entered, holding aloft a clay head which he had been modeling.

From Memories of Hawthorne by Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne