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Example Sentences
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For instance, Grace uses his laptops, “waveform-analysis software” and Excel to prompt Rocky to identify numbers in his own language of notes and chords before eventually becoming fluent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
"Wrinkly can be mean lots of things, so there's a lack of diagnostic language."
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
She doesn’t feel comfortable speaking Spanish because she doesn’t know how to speak it anymore, even though it was her first language.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026
In the language of the profession, “the risks are skewed to the downside.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026
I’m early, since the English language arts teacher let us out five minutes before the bell rang.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.