The phrase "a string of quarters" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a series of quarters, often in the context of money or coins.
Example: "He reached into his pocket and pulled out a string of quarters to pay for the parking meter."
Alternatives: "a collection of quarters" or "a series of quarters".
The timing may not have been as jarring had the company's results been more in line with expectations, as has been the case for a string of quarters.
On the other hand, Professor Campbell of Hofstra said he did not expect to see double-digit decreases in percent change of median prices over a string of quarters, or huge numbers of defaults and foreclosures.
Though the company has had a string of quarters with double-digit percentile earnings growth, it stumbled badly last year after a huge recall of bacteria-tainted hot dogs resulted in millions of dollars of write-offs and a battery of lawsuits.
This would touch off massive refinancing of outstanding mortgages, whereby families could save or spend the windfall and save the economy from what looks like a string of quarters with 1% GDP momentum.
Even after having reported a string of profitable quarters, as of early Tuesday afternoon the firm's units traded at $12.20 apiece.
After a string of strong quarters, cash-rich corporations in markets like Brazil and China are now bargain-hunting for established brands in developed markets.
IBM has delivered a string of disappointing quarters, and announced recently that it would take a multibillion-dollar hit to offload its struggling chip business.
Small decisions like Guzman's have piled up of late, saddling Family Dollar with a string of disappointing quarters, declining sales and shrinking profits.
Sun Microsystems and Oracle have rung up a string of stellar quarters, suggesting that they, and not Microsoft, are providing the software engines powering the Internet.
The decision, as Mr. Weiner knew it would, put the brakes on the company's financial growth, ending a string of profitable quarters dating at least to 1997.
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