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- noun The period around the middle of the
teenage years, such as ages 15 and 16
Etymologies
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Examples
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"In some of the markets Hhgregg went into, they got [leases] in the midteens [per square foot] in 2009 when we were seeing rents of $22 to $23 a square foot for those same locations in 2006."
Landlords Try Thinking Outside the Big Box Kris Hudson 2011
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In late 2007, it led the market by pushing up prices on yogurt by percentages in the midteens.
Profits to Be Milked at Danone Renée Schultes 2011
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Yum Brands Inc. said it expects food inflation in the midteens and labor inflation of 20% in China for the current quarter.
China's Lure Shows Its Dark Side Annie Gasparro 2011
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Chinese banks are still small players in the IPO market, ranked in the midteens in the so-called league tables that list underwriters.
Chinese Bankers Flex IPO Muscle Nisha Gopalan 2011
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While strong demand for junk debt kept financing costs low at about 7%, Carlyle may similarly be looking at a midteens return on that deal if it sells the business for the same multiple it paid.
Carlyle's New Normal Is Middle of the Road Rolfe Winkler 2010
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Home health, for instance, commands margins in the midteens, said Sheryl Skolnick , an analyst at CRT Capital Group LLC, and also has the benefit for an insurer of keeping patients at home instead of at costly nursing facilities.
Reforms Prod Insurers to Diversify Avery Johnson 2011
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The odds against a true midteens handicapper shooting such a score are greater than 37,000 to 1 more on those odds later.
Fighting Back Against Sandbaggers John Paul Newport 2011
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The guy, a member of the host club, claimed a midteens handicap, but in his practice round shot a couple of strokes over par.
Fighting Back Against Sandbaggers John Paul Newport 2011
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If its Windows Phones help it recover a market share nearer 28% and expand operating margins into the midteens, it might trade at 13 times forecast 2013 earnings, valuing the shares at €14.50, estimates Morgan Stanley.
Nokia's Uphill Battle Hester Plumridge 2011
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Monsanto is predicting a profitable 2011 and earnings growth in the midteens.
Sometimes Smoke Is Just Smoke James B. Stewart 2010
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