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Example Sentences
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Scientists at the University of Cambridge have previously suggested bamboo could be used instead of willow to make bats.
From BBC
However, the real losers are the shareholders who are paying a premium to hold a proxy of the tokens instead of the real thing, analysts say.
When I was little, Papa used to tell me that instead of a green thumb, Tūtū had a green ear.
From Literature
It could slowly slide along, because instead of being solid, the rock of a harmonic tremor was fluid.
From Literature
She turned to singing instead and landed on America’s Got Talent, covering Bruno Mars and Adele with fellow classmates from the Oakland School for the Arts.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
