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Example Sentences

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But the scene’s highlight is the song that plays in the background, airy, gentle and simple.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

This is to remedy a pricing imbalance, a senior administration official told reporters on background.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Hughes and his colleague Chris Cooper-Hayes, who has a professional background in landscaping, have founded Eterrna, a venture they hope could become the very first to offer human composting in the UK.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Developers say token usage adds up extremely quickly, especially when using AI agents to run multiple tasks in the background.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

For last year’s experiment, he had compared the background radiation around the mobile home with the background radiation in the Phoenix valley.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young