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Marietta

American  
[mair-ee-et-uh] / ˌmɛər iˈɛt ə /

noun

  1. a city in NW Georgia.

  2. a city in SE Ohio, on the Ohio River.

  3. a female given name, form of Mary.


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Lime trades for 32.3 times free cash flow, while Martin Marietta Materials trades for 33.5 times trailing free cash flow, according to FactSet.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

Lime’s ratio of enterprise value to trailing Ebitda is 14.5, while this ratio for Martin Marietta Materials is 19.2.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

Martin Marietta Materials fell 5.7% after the building-materials supplier struck a $13.5 billion deal to purchase limestone supplier Lhoist North America, its largest acquisition ever.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

It’s the largest in the history of Martin Marietta.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

Marietta was behind her, looking up and down the hallway, wielding a charred table leg in both hands like a bat.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

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