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Example Sentences
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Historic freezes in 1894 and 1895 nearly eradicated the industry, its first and last real brush with old-world calamity.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
The cell line, called "HeLa" after the patient's first and last name, was sent to research labs around the world.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
He painted "California" in early 1961, shortly before he made his first and last trip to the United States for his debut exhibitions across the Atlantic, in New York and Los Angeles, it said.
From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025
And so it was on Wednesday and Saturday nights, the IPO’s first and last appearances at Carnegie this visit, with tempers between the often-masked protesters and the well-dressed concertgoers flaring occasionally.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025
The first and last chapters explore the scientific origins of the Industrial Revolution, which turn out to be earlier and closer than previously suspected.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
