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Example Sentences
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“I knew we wanted a neutral couch,” Van Hulsen says of the sofa that was originally on hold when they first saw it.
From Los Angeles Times
The Financial Times reported that, owing to high interest, it had doubled the amount it had originally earmarked.
From MarketWatch
The open-ended sentences were originally issued to people considered dangerous, but whose offence did not merit a life sentence.
From BBC
Meanwhile, bondholders of two yuan bonds voted in favor of a revised extension plan for payments originally due last December, according to a separate filing.
The story had been researched and reported for months by correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi and fully vetted by the standards department when Weiss yanked it one day before its originally scheduled Dec. 21 air date.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
