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Example Sentences
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Voters backed his ballot measure to expand L.A.’s transit system through new sales tax money in the middle of the Great Recession.
From Los Angeles Times
The firm has done so using complex financial maneuvers, like creating investment-grade debt backed by shares in hard assets such as microchip factories.
They took an absurdly gifted, if fallible France team to the very last second and backed up their endorsements of head coach Steve Borthwick in interviews, with actions on the pitch.
From BBC
It bursts with insights that mix journalistic acumen with gossip, backed by a score generously seasoned with mischievous violin string plucking.
From Salon
Speaking at the SNP's spring conference in Edinburgh, the SNP leader said the improved childcare offering would be "backed by over half-a-billion pounds of new investment".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
