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mind-set

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noun

  1. the ideas and attitudes with which a person approaches a situation, esp when these are seen as being difficult to alter

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That mind-set differentiates the company from other tech players claiming to have moral redlines in defense and intelligence operations.

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The danger of these big moves—which are like a giant metronome that swings over the market—is that they can infect the analytical mind-set needed to successfully navigate markets with the momentum-trading virus.

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The old ways of thinking are increasingly ignored because they conflict with this gambling mind-set.

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They are time-consuming and costly to produce, and they reinforce a short-term mind-set.

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The culture is different, with more of a collective mind-set in Japan, and things there tend to revert to the mean.

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