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Meaning of black-swan event | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

black-tailed deer black-tailed flycatcher black-tailed godwit black-tailed hawfinch black-tailed jackrabbit black-tailed nativehen