How to Use the Dow in a Sentence

the Dow

noun
  • Instead, the Dow closed at a record.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 16 May 2026
  • For the moment, still, the Dow had a very nice day.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
  • By the close, the Dow had surged 588 points.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Not the index of the Dow Jones.
    — NBC news, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Both were in line with the Dow Jones forecasts.
    — Sean Conlon,alex Harring, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
  • At one point, the Dow fell more than 1,200 points.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026
  • At its lows, the Dow was down nearly 600 points.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Greenspan was on a flight when the Dow was diving by 508 points.
    — Hersh Shefrin, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Indeed, the Dow Transports notched a fresh record late last week.
    — Sean Conlon, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2025
  • That should mean the Dow is suffering, not nearing a record high.
    — Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 11 Jan. 2026
  • At its lowest, the Dow was down more than 1,200 points.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Once relatively niche, sports tourism has gone up with the Dow.
    — Leah Faye Cooper, Vanity Fair, 22 May 2026
  • Stocks rallied on those comments, with the Dow closing at a record high.
    — Medora Lee, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Stocks surged, with the Dow up more than 1,100 points on the day at one point.
    — Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Nvidia isn’t on the Dow, but its shares often point to the way that markets are trending.
    — Megan Poinski, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
  • What to know about the holiday What is the Dow Jones?
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 19 Jan. 2026
  • For all these years, that kept Berkshire Hathaway out of the Dow.
    — Alex Crippen, CNBC, 27 June 2026
  • Both numbers were in line with the Dow Jones consensus.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Both readings were in line with the Dow Jones consensus.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2026
  • And some of the companies that were still among that blue chip average are no longer in the Dow.
    — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Like the Dow transports, small-cap stocks tend to rise and fall with economic cycles.
    — Krystal Hur, CNN, 2 Feb. 2024
  • About five out of every six stocks in the Dow are still in it slightly more than seven years later.
    — Alex Harring,nick Wells, CNBC, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The rotation out of tech stocks, which supported the Dow , was on full display.
    — Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2025
  • In the Dow, companies with higher share prices have a larger impact on the index.
    — Alex Mayyasi, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Two-thirds of the blue-chip firms in the Dow are achieving below average value creation.
    — Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
  • All of the numbers were in line with the Dow Jones consensus estimates.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
  • July is the best month of the third quarter for the Dow and the S & P 500.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 26 June 2026
  • The Nasdaq 100 is up 9% in May, and the Dow is up 3% in a month.
    — Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 28 May 2026
  • The Nasdaq climbed 1%, helped along by Nvidia earnings, while the Dow ticked up slightly.
    — Catherine Baab, Quartz, 29 May 2025
  • Both numbers matched the Dow Jones consensus forecast.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2026

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