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For instance, its new Harry Potter television series will air this Christmas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
For instance, if you decide you no longer want your device, it wouldn’t be as simple as returning it to Apple for free.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
In the case of cancelled flights or accommodation, Bose recommends seeking refunds from your airline, tour operator or accommodation provider in the first instance.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Google, for instance, has backstopped some data centers for Anthropic, in part to increase sales of its in-house AI chips, known as tensor processing units.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
For instance, take the above equation and change the – sign into a + sign.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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According to the NCA, such alerts are made to law enforcement "to potential instances of money laundering".
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
In other instances, they were daughters, state officials, or even the spouses of the governors doing the appointing.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
In some instances, the $1,000 would show as pending or on the way, officials noted at the time.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
That now ties tumultuous 2000 for the third highest number of instances this century.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
If it is considered practical in these instances, why not for all?
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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As such, players can expect to wait longer than normal to log into game servers, visit new Endwalker specific areas, and experience instanced content-like duties.
From The Verge ● Nov. 30, 2021
The FX we’d used earlier were now composed of millions of these instanced pieces, and she was having a hard time loading them all because it took up so much memory.
From The Verge ● Jan. 30, 2019
World and all the other potential character builds and instanced stories in the offing.
From Time ● Sep. 11, 2012
One particular class of phenomena may be instanced instead of many, in the observation and poetic reproduction of which his singular natural endowment continually manifested itself—I mean those of the weather.
From Dickens English Men of Letters by Ward, Adolphus William, Sir
After a severe indictment of them, Dickens instanced their customs in medicine as a proof of their irremediable depravity.
From The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. by Various
It will suffice to adduce a proof of their moderation by instancing one matter.
From The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livius, Titus
Mencius, instancing the practice of the ancient kings Wan and Woo under similar circumstances, replies that, unless the voice of the people invites the invader to take possession, he is not justified in so doing.
From Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) by Lindley, Augustus F.
And it is not only the authority of his illustrious name which makes this worthy of belief, but also reason, instancing particulars.
From Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. by Church, R. W. (Richard William)
He is perhaps the same person who remarked on the late Mr. Robertson's fondness for monosyllables as titles for his plays, and after instancing Caste, Ours, and School, ended his list with Society.
From Literary Blunders by Wheatley, Henry Benjamin
Curiously enough, though each chapter is intensely vivid, they become, through much instancing of the same unconquerable spirit, something monotonous, though never wearisome, in bulk.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 11, 1919 by Various
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