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Example Sentences
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It can provide electricity for only a few hours a day, and people avoid its flattened currency in favor of dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
When two objects are separated by an extremely small distance, only a few hundred nanometers, heat can travel between them much more efficiently than it does under ordinary conditions.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
Polls show Sanchez and Fujimori separated by only a few percentage points, with crime and insecurity dominating voter concerns.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
There were only a few texts from the PM In the latest Mandelson documents, with Sir Keir saying he had handed over all the "messages I hold" and had "complied" with the process.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
Traveler and I had been texting through morning classes, and with only a few minutes until algebra began, I had my phone under my desk, rereading our messages.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
