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the winner in the contest for biggest pumpkin was a jumbo that weighed in at over a thousand pounds
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Credit needed 620 for conventional, 500 for FHA loans, 660 for jumbo, none for some non-qualifying mortgages.
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Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 27 Dec. 2024
Following the Fed’s jumbo, 50-basis-point cut in September, mortgage rates have risen in tandem with the yield.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 19 Dec. 2024
Jamie Anderson’s burger bar (no relation to a previous Auburn restaurant with similar name) began frying jumbo smash burgers and crispy chicken sandwiches on Dec. 30.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 6 Jan. 2025
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Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 27 Dec. 2024
Following the Fed’s jumbo, 50-basis-point cut in September, mortgage rates have risen in tandem with the yield.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 19 Dec. 2024
Jamie Anderson’s burger bar (no relation to a previous Auburn restaurant with similar name) began frying jumbo smash burgers and crispy chicken sandwiches on Dec. 30.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 6 Jan. 2025
Omaha Steaks Festive Gift with Free Burgers Omaha Steaks Festive Gift with Free Burgers
Get 52% off this limited-time Omaha Steaks gift bundle with free burgers, jumbo franks, chicken, apple tartlets and more.
—Kasey Caminiti, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Jumbo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jumbo. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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from Jumbo, name of a huge elephant shown by circus owner P. T. Barnum
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