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Example Sentences
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Until recently, fiber optics have primarily been used to connect nodes of the internet—sometimes spanning thousands of miles underground and beneath the waves.
“I think she’s popular because she’s different from what it’s been like before.”
The two other individuals who died were men, ages 30 and 55; their identities will be released once their next of kin has been notified.
From Los Angeles Times
Among them is Ravi Bettaswami, an assistant professor at a private college who says that he has also been inspired to build a collection of thousands of books.
From BBC
It's been difficult to watch the events of the last month from so far away, said Shirin.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
