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Example Sentences
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"Instead, animals stay stable for long periods and then transition very quickly into a new stage. Seeing this staged architecture appear from continuous behavior alone was one of the most exciting discoveries."
From Science Daily
It is worth repeating that the past behavior of markets does not show what markets will do in the future, let alone what markets “do” in some kind of generalized eternal present.
From MarketWatch
It was this: “I mean, we’ve got enough smog in Los Angeles, let alone to deal with setting these fires and things.”
From Los Angeles Times
Former immigration officials told ProPublica that it used to be rare to encounter, let alone hold, American children for any amount of time.
From Salon
He added that approximately a third of his patients in one day could be young people with a mental health complaint - and he is not alone.
From BBC
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