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- noun Plural form of
index . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
index .
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Examples
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If firms not in indexes are substantially underpriced, then the whole idea of investing in indexes is mistaken anyway.
Matthew Yglesias » Financial Innovation: More Research Needed 2010
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Now, we get the majority of our research from what he calls indexes, or perhaps more appropriately, databases.
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Now, we get the majority of our research from what he calls indexes, or perhaps more appropriately, databases.
Robert Jackson on The Future of the Book and the Future of Academic Libraries 2008
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At the end of a month, many hedge funds and mutual funds need to rebalance their portfolios to match changes in indexes with which they are benchmarked.
Treasurys Climb After Strong Auction Deborah Lynn Blumberg 2010
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NEW YORK — Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. on Monday will introduce new indexes from the creator of the VIX "fear gauge" that will track popular stocks 'performance against the broader market.
Zeroing In on Investments Brendan Conway 2010
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Won't it turn out to be a laugh if real living standards decline, but inflation soars, over the next 50 years, and all this fuss about indexes is flipped on its head.
Social Security Incrementalism, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Seven-years will likely be popular with investors ahead of month-end, a time when many hedge funds and mutual funds need to rebalance their portfolios to match changes in indexes with which they are benchmarked.
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Adding metadata and title indexes would "enhance" the product.
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Adding thousands of fake names to census indexes is sure to outrage genealogists, but Carroll dismissed their concerns.
Archive 2005-11-01 2005
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The indexing is thorough and includes, in addition to the normal author, subject and title indexes, an index to artists and photographers, since the Grateful Dead has inspired a large body of artistic and photographic work.
brtom commented on the word indexes
I've added the plural of "index" just to mark some form of the word's presence on Wordie. There apparently can be no wordie-page for "index" ... since that term always brings one back to the main page. But, for me, the index is one of the coolest parts of a book.
I've got no particular bias against indices, but contemporary indexers seem to prefer "indexes."
December 18, 2006
seanahan commented on the word indexes
The distinction I've always used is that indices is used for a book which has more than one index. When you have multiple books you have indexes.
That is a fun little Easter Egg, that the word index brings up the home page. I'm sure that John could fix this one.
December 18, 2006
brtom commented on the word indexes
ah yes, easter eggs ... and the word lists brings up a list of all the lists ...
December 18, 2006
exlibris commented on the word indexes
Every time I use the word indexes it just feels wrong but it sounds so pretentious to use indices. What's a librarian to do?
January 18, 2007
seanahan commented on the word indexes
In computer science, you refer to array indices, and in information retrieval, indexes. I use both interchangeably for both terms, and for some reason, firefox spellcheck highlights "indices".
January 19, 2007