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Example Sentences

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Which is partly why her Bollywood breakthrough felt larger than a routine success story.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

The issue, known as “AI agent sprawl,” stems partly from how easy it is for even nontechnical employees to create these independent AI bots, thanks to platforms like Anthropic’s Claude Cowork.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

It’s partly what led the New York Times in 2011 to dub him “one of the most gifted singer-songwriters of his generation.”

From Salon • May 15, 2026

While retail sales overall increased in April — partly due to higher gas prices — furniture sales and department-store sales were lower.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

It was his one remaining point of reference and he clung to it with a fierce Pavlovian tenacity, partly through habit and partly because he had nothing with which to replace it.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt