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Examples of invest in a Sentence
Eshaan Sarup, The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2024
Ruiz added that not knowing how to save or invest was an especially common frustration among focus groups participants who were born in the U.S.
A 2023 survey by JPMorgan Chase found that confidence in reaching retirement goals varied across cultures.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 27 Mar. 2024
In Ohio, for example, companies like Intel, Honda, and Amgen are investing billions of dollars in chip manufacturing, electric vehicle production, and biomanufacturing facilities.
—Bymaria Flynn, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2024
The company is in the midst of a major transformation of its television business, investing heavily in original production through its subsidiary Fremantle and expanding its subscription streaming services in Germany, France and Hungary to counter falling TV ad sales.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Mar. 2024
Because most individual countries face few direct security threats, their governments, quite rationally, invest little in defense.
—Max Bergmann, Foreign Affairs, 21 Mar. 2024
With the nation’s largest wireless network, and a fast-growing fiber network, there are opportunities to upsell fiber to wireless customers—both residential and business customers—and vice versa, which is why the company has invested some $145 billion in those networks over the last five years.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2024
The new owners plan to invest $10 million over the next five years into Pacific Park’s food and entertainment programs and general operations.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2024
The mission, SpaceX’s third test flight of the Starship system, was eagerly awaited by NASA, which is investing $4 billion in developing Starship.
—Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
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Word History
Verb (1)
Italian investire to clothe, invest money, from Latin, to clothe
Verb (2)
Latin investire to clothe, surround, from in- + vestis garment — more at wear
Verb (1)
15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
Verb (2)
1696, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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“Invest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/invest. Accessed 5 Apr. 2024.
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2 of 2 verbTransitive verb
Medieval Latin investire, from Latin, to clothe, from in- in + vestis garment
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Italian investire to clothe, invest money, from Latin, to clothe
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