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Example Sentences
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Cooper Rush isn’t a bad placeholder at quarterback for the Falcons until Michael Penix Jr. is ready to take over.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
The British Grand Prix will be on 2-4 July, and the 2027 season re-introduces races in Portugal and Turkey, returning for the first time since being used as placeholder events during the pandemic.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
The White House released several games Thursday, with a placeholder that teased another one "coming soon."
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Initially he thought of the name as a placeholder, but “it wouldn’t go away.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
And it is a placeholder in a positional notation system, such as our *Actually, it didn’t.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
