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Example Sentences

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I’m assuming when you went to the Gotham Awards you were not thinking “I’m going to give James Cameron a piece of my mind tonight.”

From Los Angeles Times

She assumed it was because she was talking a little louder to people at the party, but then came the throat soreness.

From Salon

From Fletcher's assessment, it is fair to assume it is not the last we have seen of him.

From BBC

This puts the technology on a path to being scaled towards accurately doing a trillion operations, perhaps within seven or eight years, rather than the two decades previously assumed.

From BBC

The point is that tech stocks are cheaper, and if they meet or beat earnings estimates, the market will probably assume growth keeps going and higher profits bring the stocks higher.

From Barron's