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Example Sentences

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"So even if you're 10 deep in the crowd, you can see a figure in a bright yellow coat or whatever it happens to be... You've seen the Queen," she says.

From BBC

Podhoretz was an intellectual leader, a facilitator of other writers, and a major figure in what has come to be known as neoconservatism.

From The Wall Street Journal

Robertson was a key figure in Forest's back-to-back European Cup final triumphs, the Scotland winger setting up Trevor Francis' goal against Malmo in 1979 and scoring the lone goal himself the following year against Hamburg.

From Barron's

And money is just one figure in the overall equation of what makes employees happy now.

From MarketWatch

He has been an influential figure in the community.

From Los Angeles Times