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Example Sentences
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Saunders suggests the biggest impact on households may not just be through prices, but job losses instead.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
A charismatic speaker with a white mustache, Bhagwat raised laughs with the Chicago audience by saying Hindus don’t want to dominate; instead, he said, “We have to learn to work together separately.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Roman's coronagraph will instead help astronomers search for planets by blocking the glare from their stars.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
The captions aren’t meant to be read by users, exactly, but instead picked up by keyword-trained algorithms that surface the post on your feed.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
My bed awaits, the nest that it always is, but instead of throwing myself onto it, I find myself examining it.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
