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Example Sentences
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The company outlined the process to pre-emptively counter consumer backlash against AI, according to Padgham.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Villeda believes these findings could pave the way for treatments that target FTL1 and counter its effects in the brain.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
Anyone dropping off their ballot at a post office on election day should get it postmarked at the counter, she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
A six-minute egg is soft, custardy, a little luxurious — something you eat with toast, standing at the counter, yolk pooling gold across the plate.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026
I expected to see someone like Mr. Quon manning the counter, but a young woman was perched on a tall stool behind it, idly fiddling with an abacus.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.