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Example Sentences

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The total cost to train and run DeepSeek’s model was exponentially higher than the company let on, and investors failed to consider that businesses generally wouldn’t use Chinese models due to security concerns.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

"I was going out with my son and he said 'hello how are you?' and so on. He always let on."

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025

If the no vote of his former ally in McConnell fazed him, the president didn't let on.

From Salon • Jan. 25, 2025

Still, Carter’s environmental legacy is far more complex than many advocates let on.

From Slate • Dec. 30, 2024

He said he had borrowed from more friends than he let on, that the money from the shop alone was no longer enough to sustain the five of them.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini