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Example Sentences

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Make it payable to the bursar instead of the student, and the tax treatment may be completely different.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Smucker SJM -1.71%decrease; red down pointing triangle guided for sales to decline in the coming year as it leans away from price increases, looking instead to drive volume growth in key areas and improve profitability.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Mehdi Taj, president of the Iran Football Federation, said two weeks ago that the training base would be in Mexico instead of Tucson.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

This week is light on the earnings front, but markets will be watching two other metrics instead: inflation and emotions.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Betsie by the very way she sat evoked a high-backed chair behind her and a carpet at her feet instead of this endless row of metal cots on a bare pine floor.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom