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“While we see substantial long-term optionality if quantum computing reaches broad commercial adoption, we believe the current valuation appropriately reflects both the opportunity and the considerable risks that remain,” they write.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026
“The group continues to closely monitor the dynamic environment and retains optionality to take further actions to mitigate fuel cost increases over time,” Qantas said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
And he possesses the skill set to do what Lisa Su did with AMD: fixing the product business and then creating optionality for their foundry business.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
“In a landscape where dating apps encourage efficiency and optionality, longing becomes a way of resisting closure,” writes one, and that yearning “allows feelings to exist without being immediately tested against reality.”
From Salon • Feb. 21, 2026
“When you’re selling, you might also be changing what identity, control and optionality looks like for you.”
From MarketWatch • Feb. 20, 2026
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