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Example Sentences

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But the 36-year-old bride-to-be has also made clear that Easter eggs will never apply to her personal life, leaving the world connecting dots that seemingly don't exist.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

It would take another 16 years before dots and dashes reliably flowed between Great Britain and North America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Concerns have grown over “blue-dot fever,” a term used to describe a prevalence of blue dots that represent empty seats on venue seat maps.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

People are carefully trying to connect the dots, trying to point to places within Dylan’s work where he’s mentioned gangsters or specific moments in American history.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

“It was…like all that pressure, but then it…it got way worse and worse and then…” Sorry for all the dots, but it was hard to figure out how to say it.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell