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Example Sentences

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The old guard held that the universe was eternal and unchanging, but in 1965 Arno Penzias and Robert Woodrow Wilson discovered the faint background radiation left over from the cosmos’ earliest moments.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Despite his non-concordance, Carter admitted he did not challenge Calocane, or ask why, on one occasion, he had medication left over that should have been taken previously.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Ironically, the film devotes so much attention to the world’s reaction to Davidson’s coprolalia that there’s scant space left over to examine its actual subject beyond correcting the ways the world sees him.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

That, plus your $2,300 a month in VA disability benefits, pays your mortgage and leaves you with likely enough left over for insurance, taxes, utilities and food.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

And to Lazlo Strange, to pick up and dust off, the one thing left over: honor.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor