How to Use dividend in a Sentence

dividend

noun
  • Profits are distributed to shareholders as dividends.
  • What about the idea of a dividend?
    — Alex Crippen, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The growth across the board has paid dividends.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 6 May 2026
  • That’s when dividend deal hunters like us step in!
    — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Small caps, of course, aren’t known for big dividends.
    — Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • But that process has paid dividends.
    — Becky Sullivan, NPR, 27 June 2026
  • Well, what its dividend giveth, its share price taketh away—and then some!
    — Brett Owens, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Here are some of the dividend-paying names that made the cut.
    — Michelle Fox, CNBC, 1 July 2026
  • Just more than a year ago its dividend was 51 cents per share.
    — Matt Ott, Star Tribune, 14 July 2021
  • The latter does not even pay a dividend yet.
    — Michelle Fox, CNBC, 3 June 2026
  • That fight training paid off with bonus dividends.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Best Buy , which has a 5% dividend yield, made the cut.
    — Michelle Fox, CNBC, 22 June 2026
  • Does that mean the dividend is in danger of being cut, too?
    — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • At the end of the month, all daily dividends are totaled and paid.
    — Elliot Raphaelson, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2025
  • The move paid major dividends right away.
    — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The dividend is also more than due for a bump higher.
    — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • And some of those dividends may be taxable at higher rates.
    — Catherine Brock, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • There’s more to that dividend story, too.
    — Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • This one is an investment, for sure, but one that will pay in stylish dividends.
    — Paula Lee, Glamour, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The hope is that with all the effort put into this, the long-term dividends pay off.
    — Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • And most investors are on the wrong side of it, missing this cheap dividend.
    — Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • This is a terrible stock with a good dividend.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026
  • It’s been solid in the last five tough years (those dips are special dividends, not cuts).
    — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Here's how the dividend is paid out by policy.
    — Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Masco has increased its dividend in each of the past 9 years.
    — David Trainer, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Weiss’ approach has paid some dividends.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Will there be enough money for tariff dividend checks?
    — Margie Cullen, The Providence Journal, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Will there be enough money for tariff dividend checks?
    — Margie Cullen, The Providence Journal, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The dividends were obvious from the get-go this season and bore fruit as time wore on.
    — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 14 June 2026
  • A little prep the evening before will pay in scrumptious dividends in the long run.
    — Don Francisco Coffee, Sunset Magazine, 27 Sep. 2024

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