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[em-bed-id] / ɛmˈbɛd ɪd /


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The individual investors who perceived hedge funds as secretive, sinister market manipulators during the meme-stock craze of 2020-21 were invoking a deeply embedded meaning of the word “hedge” they might not have been aware of.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

The large change in refractive index allows the formation of extremely fine patterns that remain embedded in the transparent material.

From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026

And that risk — more often than not — is embedded in change.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

Chatterjee wrote that Corning stock’s current valuation “creates a challenging execution hurdle relative to the earnings expectation now being embedded by the buyside to justify such a lofty premium.”

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

It was simple: crafted of silver, its only ornamentation lay in the fingernail-sized amethyst embedded in its center.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas




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