paragraph
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The framework’s first paragraph declares “the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon.”
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2026
The first paragraph of the agreement notes that the US, Iran and allies will declare an "immediate and permanent" termination of military operations on "all fronts" - including Lebanon.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
I had to pause momentarily while writing this paragraph just to wipe a tear from the corner of my eye.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026
Her voice is gleeful and unapologetic, right from the opening paragraph, written at the height of her notoriety: “I am totally cashing in to capitalize on the moment.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
A year or so earlier, in an unwarrantably self-deprecating paragraph of a letter to her brother Buddy, she had referred to her own figure as “irreproachably Americanese.”
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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One recent Prep Talk was 11 paragraphs about Val Moreno, a man serving his 33rd season on the Servite football chain crew.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
I am sure of it not because I remember writing this thing in fits and starts throughout Saturday, but because an A.I. detector called Pangram blessed these paragraphs with a “100% Human Written” score.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
Evans said he did see brief maternity summaries - "usually a couple of paragraphs" - attached to each baby's neonatal notes.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Its policy statement on Wednesday consisted of four short paragraphs, while previous statements, such as the one in April, included traditional boilerplate items, comments on recent events and details of policy votes by committee members.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026
For once, I didn’t agonize over word choice or cross out whole paragraphs and try again.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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Whether you wrote as Jones, or Smith, or Robinson, you'd find Jones, Smith, or Robinson artfully puffed and paragraphed and thrust under people's noses in the papers.
From The Big Drum A Comedy in Four Acts by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero
Her work was spelled and periodic, phrased and paragraphed.
From Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation by Will Levington Comfort
What help is it to the reader to have a composition paragraphed?
From Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition by Brainerd Kellogg
They are very brief, follow a prescribed form and, if necessary, are paragraphed in the same way as the letter.
From Military Instructors Manual by Oliver Schoonmaker
The ear of society?—they were talking, or almost, as if he had publicly paragraphed a modest young lady.
From The Wings of the Dove, Volume II by Henry James
Identify how genre conventions for structure, paragraphing, tone, and mechanics vary.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
Determine how genre conventions for structure, paragraphing, tone, and mechanics vary.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
It's a massive book, littered with obscure references, and is written almost entirely in unattributed speech, with no chapter breaks and very little paragraphing.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 22, 2013
Caro now says that Shawn agreed to restore all the changes he cared most deeply about, but the magazine version nevertheless differs from the original and changes Caro’s punctuation and paragraphing.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2012
Among the many dumb rules of paragraphing foisted on students in composition courses is the one that says that a paragraph may not consist of a single sentence.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade7)
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