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title: "Meta generated $31.9 billion in operating cash flow last quarter and kept only $784 million of it. Here's where the rest went."
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description: "Nearly every dollar the company generated went right back out the door. Here's what it bought."
datetime: "2026-07-30T04:42:21.000Z"
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# Meta generated $31.9 billion in operating cash flow last quarter and kept only $784 million of it. Here's where the rest went.

Nearly every dollar the company generated went right back out the door. Here's what it bought.

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