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Example Sentences

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The article portrays California’s 2026 governor’s race as unusually unsettled and “confounding,” with many voters either undecided or only weakly committed to a choice, even as the primary enters its final weeks.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

A number of limited, temporary truces have been held since 2022 - many held around holidays or only involving applying to energy infrastructure or the Black Sea.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

“Focus on the most vulnerable or only some limited part of the middle class.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Tech stocks are trading at around 23 times their expected earnings, or only a slight premium to the S&P 500.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

And we were also close to little shops that sold only one kind of thing: only tea, or only fabric, or only soap.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan