Conglomerate
Durarara!!
Depending on the circumstances, the various offices would move from floor to floor, such that the building on the whole operated as one general conglomerate.
Durarara!!
Depending on the circumstances, the various offices would move from floor to floor, such that the building on the whole operated as one general conglomerate.
A number of different things or parts that are put or grouped together to form a whole but remain distinct entities. noun.
The four CEO's agreed on a deal and formed a conglomerate made of their respective companies.
Recidivism
Wall Street Journal
Mr. Grassley has spent years pushing changes to the criminal-justice system, producing legislation to cut mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent offenders and establish programs to help reduce recidivism.
The tendency of a convicted criminal to reoffend. noun.
Proponents of prison reform often brought up recidivism during their discussions.
Divestiture
Wall Street Journal
The company said Thursday it took in €2.95 billion ($3.68 billion) in free cash flow, excluding items like acquisitions, divestitures and customer financing.
The action or process of selling off subsidiary business interests or investments. noun.
The company was not turning a profit so the parent company decided a divestiture was in order.
Disaffected
Wall Street Journal
Mr. Thiel has grown more disaffected by what he sees as the intolerant, left-leaning politics of the San Francisco Bay Area, and increasingly pessimistic about the prospects for tech businesses amid greater risk of regulation, they said.
Dissatisfied with the people in authority and no longer willing to support them. Adj.
A protest featured disaffected and concerned citizens.
Emissary
Wall Street Journal
Mr. Thiel also has been an emissary for Facebook to its large population of right-leaning users.
a person sent on a special mission, usually as a diplomatic representative. Noun.
The country sent an emissary to their neighbors to discuss the opening of state borders.
Rebuff
Wall Street Journal
Mr. Thiel’s lawyers have argued that he is the “most able and logical purchaser” for Gawker but that so far his requests to participate in the sale process have been rebuffed.
Reject (someone or something) in an abrupt or ungracious manner. Verb.
The travelling salesman was rebuffed when he attempted to sell his wares to the first person he saw.
Repatriate
Wall Street Journal
The networking-gear maker said Wednesday it would repatriate $67 billion of its foreign cash holdings to the U.S. this quarter, in one of the largest repatriation plans yet revealed.
Send (someone) back to their own country. Verb.
After spending several years in the country as a refugee, the authorities repatriated the man.
Disparity
Wall Street Journal
On Saturday we’re hosting a panel on diversity featuring James Damore, the Google employee who was fired last July for writing a memo expressing heterodox views about sex disparities in the company’s workforce.
a great difference. Noun.
The economic disparity between the elite and the poor was obvious.
Secular
Wall Street Journal
When I enrolled at PSU, in one of America’s most secular cities, I thought I was entering a world of open-minded and thoughtful young adults.
Denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis. Adj.
Atheists tend to have secular views.
Audacious
The Boredom of Haruhi Suzimiya
The best way to deal with an audacious person on a rampage would be to casually leave the scene like you never heard a thing or give up and do as she says.
Showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks. Adj.
Robin Hood and his gang were audacious thieves who stole from the rich and gave to the poor.
Wall Street Journal
Mr. Thiel also has been an emissary for Facebook to its large population of right-leaning users.
a person sent on a special mission, usually as a diplomatic representative. Noun.
The country sent an emissary to their neighbors to discuss the opening of state borders.
Rebuff
Wall Street Journal
Mr. Thiel’s lawyers have argued that he is the “most able and logical purchaser” for Gawker but that so far his requests to participate in the sale process have been rebuffed.
Reject (someone or something) in an abrupt or ungracious manner. Verb.
The travelling salesman was rebuffed when he attempted to sell his wares to the first person he saw.
Repatriate
Wall Street Journal
The networking-gear maker said Wednesday it would repatriate $67 billion of its foreign cash holdings to the U.S. this quarter, in one of the largest repatriation plans yet revealed.
Send (someone) back to their own country. Verb.
After spending several years in the country as a refugee, the authorities repatriated the man.
Disparity
Wall Street Journal
On Saturday we’re hosting a panel on diversity featuring James Damore, the Google employee who was fired last July for writing a memo expressing heterodox views about sex disparities in the company’s workforce.
a great difference. Noun.
The economic disparity between the elite and the poor was obvious.
Secular
Wall Street Journal
When I enrolled at PSU, in one of America’s most secular cities, I thought I was entering a world of open-minded and thoughtful young adults.
Denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis. Adj.
Atheists tend to have secular views.
Audacious
The Boredom of Haruhi Suzimiya
The best way to deal with an audacious person on a rampage would be to casually leave the scene like you never heard a thing or give up and do as she says.
Showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks. Adj.
Robin Hood and his gang were audacious thieves who stole from the rich and gave to the poor.
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