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Example Sentences
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That result was consistent with the earlier 2022 Nature study.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
That’s a decline in support compared with a poll six weeks earlier, when 48% of likely voters supported it while 41% opposed it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Aviation Minister Festus Keyamo earlier said he had been informed "of the disappearance of a military aircraft with tail number NGR 931, enroute Lagos from Benin at 0913 hours earlier today".
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Sodipo said that earlier this year she encouraged her staff, which was experimenting with AI, to focus on bigger projects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
“Did you walk away from Weezie’s restaurant earlier this evening?”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
