Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

black-swan event

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.81 in modern English

Syllables: black--swan event
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of black swan event.

Example Sentences

"Bear ETFs may be potentially useful tools and your advisor doesn’t need an options license to use them. But if you want to protect your portfolios against black-swan events, it’s wise to use an advisor with an options license."
"Tech companies across the region and around the globe had come to expect white-glove treatment from Silicon Valley Bank, not a black-swan event."
"It’s difficult to compare the pandemic to previous so-called “black-swan events” that have detrimentally affected the arts sector, said [Kelsey] Jacobson, because few historical events have equalled the pandemic’s scale and time frame."

Inflected Forms

black-swan events (plural)

Questions

What does black-swan event mean?: Alternative form of black swan event.

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