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Princeton's WordNet
second, sec, snoun
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
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endorsement, second, instant, sulfur, sulphur, secondment, s, second base, second gear, secant, moment, siemens, indorsement, due south, reciprocal ohm, mho, south, mo, irregular, southward, entropy, randomness, atomic number 16, bit, arcsecond, minuteAntonyms:
sweetsecant, secnoun
ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
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sweetSecurities and Exchange Commission, SECadjective
an independent federal agency that oversees the exchange of securities to protect investors
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sweetsec, unsweetadjective
(of champagne) moderately dry
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unsweetAntonyms:
sweet
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#90 | s | |
#286 | south | |
#338 | art | |
#486 | second | |
#982 | bit | |
#1975 | sec | |
#1981 | minute | |
#2056 | seconds | |
#2189 | mo | |
#2258 | moment | |
#2507 | dry | |
#2783 | instant | |
#4000 | siemens | |
#6546 | cab | |
#8618 | dried | |
#9635 | endorsement | |
#10534 | neat | |
#11556 | ces | |
#13587 | irregular | |
#13889 | esa | |
#14810 | sulfur | |
#15263 | secs | |
#16305 | sect | |
#16489 | smc | |
#17490 | entropy | |
#17583 | sek | |
#18375 | sulphur | |
#20337 | seg | |
#27395 | acr | |
#30605 | randomness | |
#31742 | sce | |
#36394 | chd | |
#41162 | southward | |
#67373 | secondment | |
#73931 | rtas | |
#109817 | secant | |
#117927 | mho | |
#166315 | indorsement | |
#168884 | arcsecond | |
#238348 | sces |
How to use sec in a sentence?
When banks plead guilty to a crime, federal agencies must do more than look the other way, the SEC has already granted waivers to each of these banks without any detailed explanation, but it is not too late for the Department of Labor to hold a public hearing before it decides that such brazen lawbreakers can be trusted managing workers' retirement accounts.
These actions by the CBOE are likely to get the SEC off its back without causing any real pain or material changes.
The SEC relies on the accuracy of the books and records of financial institutions and blue sheet data, oZ Management’s inaccurate data had a substantial ripple effect that the SEC staff discovered through diligent investigative work.
It’s a similar situation in which a deeply financially distressed company is attempting to sell securities, the same considerations are operating in both situations. The fact that one is in bankruptcy and the other is not, would not make any difference in terms of SEC regulation.
For years, the same hedge funds, private equity firms, and wealthy investors dismayed by the GameStop trades have treated the stock market like their own personal casino while everyone else pays the price, it’s long past time for the SEC and other financial regulators to wake up and do their jobs.
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