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Example Sentences

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In many plans, participants can borrow up to the lesser of 50% of their vested account balance or $50,000, subject to plan rules.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

“Rumanes was, simply put, promised one job and forced to accept another. And then he was cut loose for insisting on doing that lesser job with integrity and honesty,” according to the lawsuit.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

But it has also benefited, to an admittedly much lesser extent, the female side of the sport.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

It could have come to life as a lesser kind of Ferrari, a diminished derivative of one of the company’s mainline GT cars, with a turbocharged V8 under the hood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Then, with his Round Table, he had tried to harness Tyranny in lesser forms, so that its power might be used for useful ends.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White