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option

[op-shuhn] / ˈɒp ʃən /


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She and her husband, a UPS driver, are grateful for the free public school option.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

SpaceX says it has the option to buy the coding tool Cursor for $60 billion.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

In his complaint, filed on Tuesday in a San Francisco federal court, Sun argues that initial promises to give token-holders the option to trade the currency in future "were false and misleading".

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

A call option gives the holder the right to buy Avis stock.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

When IBM stock was trading at $34 a share and had been hopping around madly for the past year, an option to buy it for $35 a share anytime soon was seldom underpriced.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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