Y

Example Sentences

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The Rams will go for it on fourth, on long, on any day of the week ending in a Y.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

The Y chromosomes in the Belgian remains were all characteristic of hunter-gatherers, but three-quarters of the mitochondrial DNA lineages had come from Neolithic farmers living further south.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

The first quarter of 2025 was also impacted by the rollout of Tesla’s updated Model Y.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

A Y junction was the original shape of the line as envisaged in the first plans for a line from London to Birmingham that branched to Manchester and Leeds.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

For the book cover, though, he draws a map of Nigeria and traces in the Y shape of the rivers Niger and Benue in bright red.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie