shorting
Americannoun
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short selling: the act of selling a stock that you do not own, with the intention of buying it back at a lower price when the value of the stock falls.
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the act of short-circuiting.
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damage caused by an instance of short-circuiting.
adjective
Example Sentences
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Some have been doing the trade by buying the strongest investments in a sector while shorting the weakest; others lean in to rising markets or asset classes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Likewise shorting commodities here would run counter to current consensus.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Michael Burry, an investor famous for shorting mortgage-backed securities who has lately bet against Nvidia and other AI stocks, said the deal points to vulnerability in the AI market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Treasury index fund while shorting an equivalent U.S. dollar amount of a high-yield bond fund.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
He used no leverage and avoided shorting stocks.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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