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Example Sentences
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The board instead renewed his contract multiple times, then called him back in 2022 — nearly a year after he had retired — when the last leadership handoff famously unraveled.
From Los Angeles Times
But the shipment was rejected after an environmental group claimed it contained illegal toxic waste instead, forcing its return to Albania.
From Barron's
His methods were shrewd—“Working with Mother Nature, instead of against her,” Bamberger liked to say—but also, when necessary, backed by staggering capital investments from the fortune he had amassed as a fast-food tycoon.
They point to adjusted earnings instead, which were just below analyst estimates.
One year his mom had asked him if he wanted a birthday cake and he’d asked for lasagna instead.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
