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shareholders

  • plural
    of shareholder.
    shareholder
    noun
    a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.

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Just when it looked like Warner might be due for more write-downs, its shareholders got rescued.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Understand that this isn’t a warning only to Anthropic’s potential shareholders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Shell and TotalEnergies used the surge in profits to lift payouts to shareholders.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

Samsung’s stock fell 4%, as investors focused on the company saying it will not finalize details of a plan to return 90 trillion to 110 trillion won to shareholders until next year.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

The shareholders who financed the risk taking had no real understanding of what the risk takers were doing, and, as the risk taking grew ever more complex, their understanding diminished.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis