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- noun Plural form of
panic . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
panic .
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Examples
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To say Kate panics is something of an understatement.
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Given that recovery from financial panics is quite slow historically, that could be a huge problem.
A reason why President Obama's policy message falls flat Stephen Stromberg 2010
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But, as we saw in the Harvard 3L brouhaha, as well as the similar ones over James D. Watson and Larry Summers, the defining feature of these moral panics is the question: “Whose side are youon?”
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I think 2008 set a reasonable expectation that during short term panics commodity exposure will not do much for you.
Random Roger 2010
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And some of those busts - also called panics, recessions and depressions - can be so severe that they upset the body politic and cause society to run to one of the other isms - communism and fascism mostly - run by dictators and strong men.
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We also seem to have forgotten a basic point well known to Morgan, who would have recalled the panics of 1837, 1857, 1873 and 1897: Until prices are established, credit panics will not end and financial firms will remain frozen.
Calling J.P. Morgan 2008
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We also seem to have forgotten a basic point well known to Morgan, who would have recalled the panics of 1837, 1857, 1873 and 1897: Until prices are established, credit panics will not end and financial firms will remain frozen.
Calling J.P. Morgan 2008
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If the driver panics, that is another matter, but that is user error -- not bad engineering.
BusinessWeek.com -- David Welch 2010
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We continue to have serial "panics" with the Federal Reserve.
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We continue to have serial 'panics' with the Federal Reserve.
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