Example Sentences

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Papa John’s shares have gained 4.2% in 2025, while Domino’s stock has slipped 3.9% and McDonald’s shares have tacked on 5.5%.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 6, 2025

"Even after the tariff-induced swoon in April, global equities have tacked on $17 trillion in market value, with the rally increasingly bottlenecked into the same handful of tech titans," wrote SPI Asset Management's Stephen Innes.

From Barron's • Nov. 4, 2025

NatWest follows other major banks in raising their expectation for more rate hikes from the Fed, with Goldman Sachs among those to have tacked on additional rate rises this year.

From Reuters • Feb. 27, 2023

In fact, Schumer could have tacked his provisions onto Booker’s far larger bill rather than introducing them in separate legislation.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2018

But all I do is look over at the two papers I have tacked up on the wall here in the upstairs room.

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor