- present tense form of share (3rd person singular).
shares
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Another Brown family entity controlled 18 million shares.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Moderna shares rise to close out a week of wild swings.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
But many comments and shares called the video "cringe".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
While the Buss siblings battles to sell their Lakers shares, Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong says he won’t sell his stake in the team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
You cannot “see” this cube nor feel its edges—but it shares the one property that all physical objects must possess: it generates shadows.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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