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The key phrase in the previous paragraph is “give the president the power to tariff.”
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2026
For the record, the first paragraph of the memorandum of understanding he and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed reads:
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026
The first paragraph of the agreement notes that the US, Iran and allies will declare an "immediate and permanent" termination of military operations on "all fronts" - including Lebanon.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
Morgan Stanley’s analysts expect the policy paragraph of the statement, featuring data dependence and a meeting-by-meeting approach, to remain unchanged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Then I end up the same paragraph with Akeelma saying she’s scared that maybe people wall always think she’s ugly.
From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake
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For David Harbour, it was the messages pouring in from friends — not the usual “great job!” an actor receives when a program is airing, but long blocks of text, paragraphs dripping with emotion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Its policy statement on Wednesday consisted of four short paragraphs, while previous statements, such as the one in April, included traditional boilerplate items, comments on recent events and details of policy votes by committee members.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026
Trump and his aides have heralded as a major accomplishment the eighth of the framework’s 14 paragraphs, which states: “The Islamic Republic of Iran reaffirms that it shall not procure or develop nuclear weapons.”
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2026
Nonetheless, just two short paragraphs generated a great deal of controversy.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
I tore through the lessons, quietly keeping tabs on where I stood among my peers as we charted our progress from long division to pre-algebra, from writing single paragraphs to turning in full research papers.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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The Lead.—The lead itself is always paragraphed separately.
From Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing by Grant Milnor Hyde
The first word of every group of words paragraphed separately in an itemized list, as in an order for merchandise.
From Business English A Practice Book by Rose Buhlig
As the matter was received over the wire he paragraphed it so that each printer had exactly three lines, thus enabling the matter to be set up very expeditiously in the newspaper offices.
From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Frank Lewis Dyer
Nobody likes to be paragraphed; and for my part I should only be too happy to extinguish the Sun and every other newspaper were it only in my power.'
From The Infernal Marriage by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
Let the reader only remember what I have just said, that most of them are miserably reported, paragraphed and stopped, and make allowance accordingly.
From A Sketch of the Life and Labors of George Whitefield by John Charles Ryle
Identify how genre conventions for structure, paragraphing, tone, and mechanics vary.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
Correctly identify and use conventions of the personal narrative genre, including structure, paragraphing, tone, and mechanics.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
It's a massive book, littered with obscure references, and is written almost entirely in unattributed speech, with no chapter breaks and very little paragraphing.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 22, 2013
Caro now says that Shawn agreed to restore all the changes he cared most deeply about, but the magazine version nevertheless differs from the original and changes Caro’s punctuation and paragraphing.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2012
Among the many dumb rules of paragraphing foisted on students in composition courses is the one that says that a paragraph may not consist of a single sentence.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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