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Example Sentences

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“Can you boost the productivity of existing judges so that it’s like adding a thousand more judges in the system?” said Saxena, formerly a practicing lawyer.

From The Wall Street Journal

Miles Oglethorpe, formerly of Historic Environment Scotland, is hopeful that advances in paint and steel-coating technology could bring down the cost of preservation and maintenance.

From BBC

Ah, but everything has changed, the formerly overpaid disappointment having transformed himself into arguably the most important player on baseball’s most important team.

From Los Angeles Times

As to which of these formerly house-proud democracies is more badly damaged, that feels like a coin-flip.

From Salon

SpaceX posted to X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, that the 24 Starlink satellites had successfully been deployed.

From Los Angeles Times