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Example Sentences

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After receiving a flood of messages from people, she decided that instead of responding to each person individually, she would share her apartment picks on her interior design website.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Users have pointed out that the American flag decal on the phone’s case does not display the flag properly, showing 11 stripes instead of 13 to represent the Thirteen Colonies.

From Salon • May 21, 2026

He said instead, he wanted to see a "relentless" focus on domestic issues over the "next five or 10 years".

From BBC • May 21, 2026

“It’s not people watching instead of listening,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

For the first time since the switchboard call, instead of trying to escape from the memory, I close my eyes and try to take myself back to it.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse