Example Sentences

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When-issued means that someone has convinced someone else to provide shares at that price when they actually exist.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Each declaration that there is “nothing more to see” has convinced millions that there must be.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

The Norm prototype has convinced TAE that it can build a commercial power project.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Over the past decade, growing evidence has convinced many researchers that rare earthquakes do originate in the mantle, though they may occur about 100 times less frequently than crustal earthquakes.

From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2026

There’s a sub, and someone has convinced him that this study hall isn’t one of those real study halls where people study.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King