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Example Sentences
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The company, which originally focused on photonics for industrial applications and eventually moved into telecommunications, is now focusing on AI.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope may be able to operate for far longer than originally expected.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
Her mother, originally from Sinaloa, does workers’ compensation insurance, which provided a stable income and allowed her partner to pursue acting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Aside from moving the play to a new culture more than a century after it was originally set, Mr. Stone hews closely to Chekhov’s text, although he has eliminated or conflated a few minor characters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
And Max’s family’s disappearance wouldn’t catch anyone’s attention right now, because everybody would probably think Max and his parents had just gone away on vacation like they were originally supposed to today.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
