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Example Sentences
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The Metro also leads on a jabs story, but instead headlines on weight loss injections.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
The consumer goods company behind brands including Arm & Hammer and Trojan said it now expects sales to be flat to up 1% for the full year, instead of down 0.5% to 1.5%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Palantir is instead allowing customers to customize and run models on their own infrastructure and retain full ownership of their data.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Ice-rich areas can also reflect seismic energy instead of allowing it to continue through the ground.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
Like, yesterday at work when a jumbo-sized Pepsi spilled all over her T-shirt, she refused my spare shirt because it was a cotton-poly blend instead of something called OEKO-TEX certified organic cotton.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
