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Hhtt Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

Spiralling share price; humility; prove somebody right

""If Apple's spiralling share price can be said to have proven its detractors wrong, the new-found humidity of Elon Musk, chief executive of Tesla, could be could be said to prove his doubters wright."


Would you please explain what "spiralling share price" means?

Source: Tesla: plot thinner Financial Times


Thank you.

  

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"spiralling" = rising rapidly (in value) "spiralling" can mean falling rapidly too, depending on context. "humidity" for "humility" is a pretty wacky typo. There are some other typos too.

  • "spiralling" = rising rapidly (in value) "spiralling" can mean falling rapidly too, depending on context.
  • "humidity" for "humility" is a pretty wacky typo.
  • There are some other typos too.
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"spiralling" = rising rapidly (in value)

"spiralling" can mean falling rapidly too, depending on context.

"humidity" for "humility" is a pretty wacky typo. There are some other typos too.

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