magnificent seven

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Etymology[edit]

After the 1960 Western film The Magnificent Seven.

Noun[edit]

the magnificent seven pl (plural only)

  1. (business, colloquial) Seven Big Tech companies or their stock: Apple, Amazon, Alphabet Inc., Nvidia, Tesla, Meta, and Microsoft.
    Synonym: Mag7
    Coordinate term: FANG
    • 2023 July 20, “Big tech’s dominance is straining the logic of passive investing”, in The Economist[1], →ISSN:
      The “magnificent seven” now account for 29% of the market value of the S&P 500, and a whopping 61% of the NASDAQ 100, up from 20% and 53%, respectively, at the start of the year.
  2. (colloquial, UK) Seven large private cemeteries established in London in the 19th century.

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