Sentences with phrase «word of the year in»

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I write these words on April 15, 2018 - exactly 71 years to the day when Jackie Robinson made his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers, ending a long period of segregation in Major League Baseball.

In a year - end trawl of the Internet, the association of securities regulators found 9,001 website names containing the word «crowdfund,» according to a spokesman.

«She lived, as we all have lived, too many years in a culture broken by brutally powerful men,» she said, and her words sparked emotions of anger and, at the same time, the motivation to fight for change.

To be sure, * The Magic of Thinking Big * was not written strictly for entrepreneurs — I'm not sure the word was well - known in the 50s... but applying the principals from this book has contributed to the enormous growth my public relations agency has enjoyed each year of our existence.

«Our traffic and sales even four and a half years in are still being driven mostly by word of mouth,» Blumenthal said.

He's a value investor, in other words, someone willing to dig through years of balance sheets to unearth the kind of steady, underpriced stocks he believes in.

Had I been more sophisticated in my understanding of how all of this works seven years ago, I would have switched out the word «newsletters» for «content.»

In other words, if the company notices a shift in local consumer tastes, it can fire off a batch of new garb from a nearby factory and get product on shelves many months faster than the old way — a supply chain triumph given that Levi works two years in advance and uses more than 1,000 different finishes in a season, which lasts six monthIn other words, if the company notices a shift in local consumer tastes, it can fire off a batch of new garb from a nearby factory and get product on shelves many months faster than the old way — a supply chain triumph given that Levi works two years in advance and uses more than 1,000 different finishes in a season, which lasts six monthin local consumer tastes, it can fire off a batch of new garb from a nearby factory and get product on shelves many months faster than the old way — a supply chain triumph given that Levi works two years in advance and uses more than 1,000 different finishes in a season, which lasts six monthin advance and uses more than 1,000 different finishes in a season, which lasts six monthin a season, which lasts six months.

«Blockchain» became the buzz word in financial technology this year, with everyone from banking and financial institutions (like Goldman Sachs and the New York Stock Exchange) to payment processors (Mastercard, Visa, and American Express) extolling its potential and publicly announcing interest in it, often in the form of startup investments.

In other words, even good news can be bad news for a company like Ecolibrium, which, despite the industry tumult, has racked up a three - year growth rate of 988.7 percent.

In honor of National Small Business Week 2015, we collected these words of wisdom from the six finalists in the running to win National Small Business Person of the YeaIn honor of National Small Business Week 2015, we collected these words of wisdom from the six finalists in the running to win National Small Business Person of the Yeain the running to win National Small Business Person of the Year.

Yannick Lamonde, an official within Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT), received word in January last year of an impending report by a prominent non-governmental organization.

That would normally be an end of the matter, but not everyone is inclined to take Deutsche's compliance department at its word after a string of governance scandals in recent years that culminated in a $ 630 million settlement for failing to police money - laundering by its Moscow office last month.

With the exception of the first two, his words do not appear to cut cruel; indeed, one has a sense these are well - used lines he might employ in his other career: as a successful, in - demand motivational speaker, giving at least 30 speeches every year, here in Canada and around the world.

Instead, the Word of the Year is chosen because, in the opinion of Oxford Dictionaries» lexicographers and consultants, it is «judged to reflect the ethos, mood, or preoccupations of that particular year and to have lasting potential as a word of cultural significance.&raWord of the Year is chosen because, in the opinion of Oxford Dictionaries» lexicographers and consultants, it is «judged to reflect the ethos, mood, or preoccupations of that particular year and to have lasting potential as a word of cultural significance.&raYear is chosen because, in the opinion of Oxford Dictionaries» lexicographers and consultants, it is «judged to reflect the ethos, mood, or preoccupations of that particular year and to have lasting potential as a word of cultural significance.&rayear and to have lasting potential as a word of cultural significance.&raword of cultural significance.»

The most useful mental models and rules of thumb, in other words, are often dead simple, which is why an interview Adam Bryant of The New York Times did with Dropbox co-founder and CEO Drew Houston earlier this year is so helpful (hat tip to Business Insider for the pointer).

I'm not really certain at the moment whether I think that smart cars or smart roads (like they're building in Atlanta) are the best bet (see Why Smart Cars Are Stupid), but, take my word for it, within three years, some of us won't have to drive ourselves anywhere.

The Oxford English Dictionary declared «post-truth» the word of the year — the notion that «objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.»

But even if the Word of the Year quickly fades into obscurity — actually, particularly if it does — the fact that it was selected in the first place captures a distinct moment in our culture as reflected through a group of lexicographers and dictionary consultants.

An IRS spokesperson declined to comment on the investigation's new scope, which is limited — in the agency's words — to users with «at least the equivalent of $ 20,000 in any one transaction type (buy, sell, send, or receive) in any one year during the 2013 - 15 period.»

Last year, Google launched voice typing in Docs, but now lets you customize content with commands for changing text color, deleting words, inserting links and comments, plus a number of other ways to do hands - free formatting.

In other words, while costs are poised annually to outstrip the benefits as a percent of global gross domestic product as early as 2018, by the report's estimate, «the accumulated [emphasis Fortune's] global benefits of being connected should still outpace the costs through the year 2030 ″ by nearly $ 160 trillion.

When Kip Tindell, CEO of The Container Store, first heard Herb Kelleher's words more than 40 years ago he was, in his own words, «completely taken by it.»

In a related issue, Google had to remove one of its «auto - complete» suggestions last year because a number of users found that if they started typing the words «Are Jews» into the search box, one of the recommendations was «Are Jews evil?»

A study of vocabulary growth in children from eight months to six years old shows that the size of spoken vocabulary increases from zero words at age eight months to 2,562 words at age six years.

The Pet Rock (whose inventor I consider the greatest entrepreneur of all time) made its debut in October 1975 - in other words, 19 years and nine months before the launch of Amazon, which is now 20 years old.

All of this began with a vision some eight years ago, when Schultz scribbled the words «the Willy Wonka of coffee» in his journal.

Gennette's plan, dubbed «North Star» in a nod to Macy's logo, leans heavily on the «Gifts We Love» approach, stressing the idea of Macy's as not just a store but a retail «authority» — a favorite word of the imposing 56 - year - old CEO.

It's a broad range that, according to your interpretation of the measure's wording, would include even very early - stage startups so long as they've received more than $ 1 million in funding over the course of a single tax year.

«You can talk with someone for years, everyday, and still, it won't mean as much as what you can have when you sit in front of someone, not saying a word, yet you feel that person with your heart, you feel like you have known the person for forever....

The two - year study revealed that the employees who worked from home had a «massive, massive» (Bloom's words) increase in productivity — almost equivalent to an additional workday — primarily because of fewer distractions and fewer pointless conversations.

In other words, don't expect a play - in tournament within the next couple of yearIn other words, don't expect a play - in tournament within the next couple of yearin tournament within the next couple of years.

This year's Miss Teen USA will keep her crown after coming under fire for using the N - word in a series of tweets, officials have announced.

In a 3,500 - word blog post on Tuesday, Goldberg went into even greater detail in accepting blame for the many hits that Fab has taken over the last year, which include a massive round of layoffs that reduced the e-commerce company's headcount from 700 to 30In a 3,500 - word blog post on Tuesday, Goldberg went into even greater detail in accepting blame for the many hits that Fab has taken over the last year, which include a massive round of layoffs that reduced the e-commerce company's headcount from 700 to 30in accepting blame for the many hits that Fab has taken over the last year, which include a massive round of layoffs that reduced the e-commerce company's headcount from 700 to 300.

A couple of years back, there was a phenomenal (and by phenomenal, I mean completely offensive, juvenile and NSFW) video about an animal called the honey badger, who just doesn't care about anything (or in the words of the video, doesn't give a s #!

In a strongly worded note to clients on Sept. 17, Contopoulos contended that «we are in the midst of the beginning of the end of this credit cycle, and we warn investors to tread carefully not try to be a hero into year end.&raquIn a strongly worded note to clients on Sept. 17, Contopoulos contended that «we are in the midst of the beginning of the end of this credit cycle, and we warn investors to tread carefully not try to be a hero into year end.&raquin the midst of the beginning of the end of this credit cycle, and we warn investors to tread carefully not try to be a hero into year end.»

In other words, Magna appears to be maintaining the arrogance of the Stronach years while ditching Magna's founder's unwavering opposition to leveraging.

In December, the company, which chooses the year's top words based on out - of - the - ordinary spikes in interest, announced that «austerity» clinched the top spot in 201In December, the company, which chooses the year's top words based on out - of - the - ordinary spikes in interest, announced that «austerity» clinched the top spot in 201in interest, announced that «austerity» clinched the top spot in 201in 2010.

Dead giveaways include use of the word «guaranteed» («There's no such thing in investing as a guarantee,» he asserts) and unrealistic timelines, like a year or 18 months to payout.

In other words, Wall Street is convinced the creator of Snapchat, which up until 2015 didn't have any sales at all, will be big enough to make the Fortune 500 by the time it turns 10 years old.

When it comes to trends in fiscal crisis intervention, Merriam - Webster's annual Words of the Year list is a surprising source of insight.

In the past, 15 years ago, you used to make a quality product, put it on the get it onto the shelf, get it onto retail points of sale, and have good advertising, in other words create positive consumer impressions of those products and essentially that was how business workeIn the past, 15 years ago, you used to make a quality product, put it on the get it onto the shelf, get it onto retail points of sale, and have good advertising, in other words create positive consumer impressions of those products and essentially that was how business workein other words create positive consumer impressions of those products and essentially that was how business worked.

In other words, it won't provide much information on what the economy will do a year hence, but it has historically done a decent job of signaling an imminent recession.

Within nine years, a combination of word - of - mouth customer recommendations and mail order sales that spread brand awareness (and provided intelligence on which cities and neighborhoods were fertile ground for outlets) had made Starbucks the largest specialty coffee retailer in North America.

In terms of popularity, the heart emoji was followed by «hashtag» and then «vape» — which was also named Oxford Dictionaries» 2014 Word of the Year.

Astoundingly, unit sales of products with the words «diet,» «light,» «low,» or «reduced» in their names had declined by 11 % in 2013, according to Nielsen, and had been flat to down for several years prior to that.

Or in other words, does it matter if you think in terms of days, months, or years until a deadline?

At the lower rungs of the corporate ladder, the word «no» is taboo, and the habit of saying yes to everything seems to stick around in our careers for years.

Not enough breaks, in other words, probably contributes to tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths in America every year.