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Example Sentences

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The ratio’s average level over the past decade is 23.5%, slightly lower than the March figure.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Halfway into Bass’ four-year term, the figure had climbed above 30%.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

President Claudia Sheinbaum’s government announced the staggering figure at a press conference in Mexico City last month.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Leo has often been described as a more conciliatory and less confrontational figure than Francis, who clearly emerged from what might be called the center-left of the Latin American church.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

There was no clothing on the figure; I could see each ivory rib, and the outline of the teeth through the parchment cheeks.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom