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XYZ

American  

abbreviation

Slang.
  1. examine your zipper.


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The shares, which trade under the ticker XYZ, jumped 6.7% to $74.84 in early trading.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

“So Ripken suggested if they offer you XYZ bonus money, take less and say ‘I’ll take this amount, but you have to cover education if he doesn’t make it.’”

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

The chairman and co-founder of Block XYZ 4.99%increase; green up pointing triangle is cutting 40% of the payments company’s workforce, or more than 4,000 employees, betting artificial-intelligence tools can fill the gap.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

“What happens on bullion desks is that the gold market goes up $50 or $100, and client XYZ, who hasn’t bought enough of it, calls the desk and asks, ‘Should I buy silver?’”

From MarketWatch • Jan. 17, 2026

So I do and he stares at me with his mouth open until I get to XYZ and then he falls on the ground giggling.

From "Mockingbird" by Kathryn Erskine

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