The Fed’s decision yesterday to throw out the old playbook on inflation, to let it run higher if need be, is being hailed as a landmark moment in monetary policy.
Why the Fed’s huge policy shift on inflation could be rocket fuel for stocks|Bernhard Warner|August 28, 2020|Fortune
Their teams getting lit up on defense meant Mitchell, Dončić, Brogdon, Murray and Williams had to try to take over the game on the other end of the floor, which in turn raised their Game Score even higher.
Monster Games In The NBA Playoffs Aren’t Automatically Translating To Wins|Jared Dubin|August 26, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
That evening, when we rolled into camp 4,000 feet higher, it was convenient to throw on leggings before even erecting my tent.
In Praise of the Adventure Dress|Alison Van Houten|August 22, 2020|Outside Online
The markets—well, tech bulls, anyhow—shrugged off the disappointing number, sending all three indexes higher.
Investors ride the Big Tech rally even as COVID cases and unemployment spike|Bernhard Warner|August 21, 2020|Fortune
In contrast to the cheaper iPhone SE model that boosted its June quarter, the company is going to have to convince consumers to buy higher-priced $1,000 iPhones when it launches new 5G-enabled models this fall.
Apple’s next trillion won’t come so easily|Verne Kopytoff|August 19, 2020|Fortune
Models in Israel will have to maintain a BMI of 18.5 or higher if they want to stay employed.
How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans ‘Underweight’ Models|Carrie Arnold|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Disordered eating is also linked to higher rates of depression and anxiety, both in the present and in the future.
How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans ‘Underweight’ Models|Carrie Arnold|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Higher courts, including the Supreme Court had refused to intercede, and the stay was to expire tonight.
The Back Alley, Low Blow-Ridden Fight to Stop Gay Marriage in Florida Is Finally Over|Jay Michaelson|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But with the pipeline, transportation costs drop and production would be higher.
Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: Jan. 4|PunditFact.com|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The higher your score, the more likely it is that you can lip-sync along to the “Checkers” Speech.
The World’s Toughest Political Quiz|Jeff Greenfield|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But now the boiler proved to be too small to furnish steam steadily in sufficient quantity to sustain the higher speed.
A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine|Robert H. Thurston
Allegiance was well enough; but there was a higher allegiance suddenly discovered which superseded all earthly considerations.
Short Studies on Great Subjects|James Anthony Froude
A higher place is taken in his work by the longest poem he sends his brother in the same metre, Fancy.
Life of John Keats|Sidney Colvin
I submit that, from Mill's point of view, these are all valid reasons why they should not choose the higher life.
The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879|Various
We must feel that the elegy is lifted to a higher plane by the new turn that the thought of its author takes at this place.
Expositor's Bible: The Song of Solomon|Walter Adeney
higher
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adjective
the comparative of high
noun(usually capital)(in Scotland)
the advanced level of the Scottish Certificate of Education
(as modifier)Higher Latin
a pass in a particular subject at Higher levelshe has four Highers
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