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Example Sentences

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A handful of academic studies have analyzed day trading among individual investors, and the results don’t look so good.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

Opponents, the most vocal of which are a handful of oil refineries, are trying to stop it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

When she opted not to run, there were still a handful of female contenders.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

The meal wasn’t as good as the pizza I had for just a handful of euros, and I went back to the pizzeria, hungry for more.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

The crowd is mostly Black, with a handful of white people.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold