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Example Sentences

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Consumer confidence improved slightly in February, but is still down by almost 9% from a year ago and remains at historically low levels, according to the latest report, released this past week.

From Barron's

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up about 3% year to date, leading the Nasdaq Composite by almost 6 percentage points.

From Barron's

After a series of experiments in mice, the team found that diet induced thermogenesis produced almost the same weight loss as constant exposure to five degrees Celsius around the clock.

From Science Daily

That the “The Napa Boys” won’t be everyone’s cup of tea — or in this case, goblet of wine — almost feels like this meta comedy’s raison d’être.

From Los Angeles Times

Since then the Greens say their membership has almost tripled from 68,500 to more than 190,000, while national opinion polls also suggest growing support for the party.

From BBC