: the influential financial interests of the U.S. economy
Examples of Wall Street in a Sentence
After college she got a job on Wall Street.
Recent Examples on the WebKhanna is the sponsor of a 2022 bill, known as the Stop Wall Street Landlords Act, which would impose taxes on existing and new acquisitions of single-family rentals by institutional investors.—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 8 May 2024 The five-month probe followed allegations of misconduct that first surfaced in Wall Street Journal reports last year.—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 8 May 2024 Zhu’s shift back to China was initially reported by the Wall Street Journal.—Dana Hull, Fortune Asia, 8 May 2024 And Ghilarducci recently found her critique being echoed by one of the most powerful figures on Wall Street.—Michael Steinberger Malcolm Hillgartner Tanya Pérez Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 8 May 2024 In a call with Wall Street analysts, Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch said that the company’s ad business was moving in the right direction.—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2024 Lolita is the office receptionist in the Wall Street office of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Board.—The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2024 Net bookings for the entire fiscal year 2024 (which ran April 1, 2023-March 31, 2024) were $7.4 billion (up 1% from the previous year) and revenue was $7.6 billion, in line with guidance between $7.3 to 7.7 billion and slightly under Wall Street analysts’ estimates at $7.7 billion.—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 7 May 2024 The investigation was commissioned after a scathing report last fall in the Wall Street Journal, which documented strip club visits, lewd messages, heavy drinking and bullying at the government agency, which is responsible for safeguarding Americans' bank deposits.—Scott Horsley, NPR, 7 May 2024
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Word History
Etymology
Wall Street, New York City, site of the New York Stock Exchange
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