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Example Sentences
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In remarks at the University of Texas at El Paso on Wednesday, Dallas Fed president Lorie Logan said she believes it’s taking too long for inflation to return to the central bank’s 2% target.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
With frame rates beyond what our eye can perceive, it did not take long for movies to appear nearly as realistic as life itself.
From Slate • May 25, 2026
Reading Mr. Perl-Rosenthal makes one long for a time when nationalist platitudes and uncritical patriotism were suspect—and when the Fourth of July was both a celebration and a challenge.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
She had to lay all the fabric out flat diagonally as it was even too long for Barnoldswick Independent Methodist Church Hall.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
We were strangers—though, as you can imagine, it did not take long for us to develop a feeling of comradeship, for we twenty were alone in a strange world.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
