Example Sentences

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The brokerage initiates its coverage of the stock with a buy rating and a target price of 7,000 rupiah.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Barclays initiates coverage on IBM with an Overweight rating and a $350 price target.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Oppenheimer initiates Palantir with an Outperform rating and a $200 target, citing Palantir’s AI platform and growing government and commercial markets.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

Nomura initiates coverage of the stock with a buy rating and target price of 490.00 rupees.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

This pollution is for the most part irrecoverable; the chain of evil it initiates not only in the world that must support life but in living tissues is for the most part irreversible.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson