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Example Sentences

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One bullish client “feels he’s going to be right eventually” but “keeps getting slammed with margin calls,” i.e., demands to repay a loan that financed his position.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Today’s media-verse is so fractured and bifurcated along political lines, I just assumed that confirmation bias would drive most folks toward friendly sources, i.e. what they want to hear.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

“If this is it – i.e. no prolonged conflict a la Iraq 2 – we can expect markets to look through the noise and this change to persist.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

As job gains have slowed, consumption has instead been underpinned by strong real wage growth, i.e., wages that have outpaced inflation.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Moreover, both music aptitude and music achievement are dependent on audiation; i.e., our music learning potentials and our music learning achievements are based on our music thinking.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin