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Example Sentences
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“That can be a major door opener for a lot of kids that would not be on the list for individual schools on academic record alone.”
A major winter storm was expected to bring heavy snow and strong winds across the Northeast, causing forecasters to issue the first blizzard warning in New York City in nearly a decade.
Some view the growth in sports betting on prediction markets as a threat to what has become a major source of tax revenue.
“To miss the bottom line by 20% I consider to be a major triumph—in many years I’d consider it a problem.”
Others argued Brockwell Park had a long history of hosting major events and was well suited to festivals because it is large and well connected.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
