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Example Sentences
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Rachel Evans, director for the Countryside Alliance in Wales, said the Welsh government needed to take "urgent action to ensure that public money spent on school meals supports Welsh farming, high food standards and sustainability".
From BBC
All three major equity indexes started the day lower in premarket action, but turned positive after the open in New York.
From MarketWatch
There’s something about how a 3D action looks in a 2D picture that messes with my brain.
From Literature
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As the puck drops and the action starts, players zoom back and forth until — boom!
From Los Angeles Times
“This suggests that the current price decline is likely being driven either by actions from major exchanges and derivatives platforms or by a lack of demand, rather than by panic selling from long-term investors.”
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.