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Example Sentences

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CNN will host a California gubernatorial primary debate May 5.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

While basic mental health services such as assessment and referral are accessible at district and primary care levels, there is only one government-run psychiatric referral facility in the whole country - Zomba Central Hospital.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Since then, Palantir’s commercial business has surpassed its government segment to become the company’s primary growth driver.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

The largest island in the Persian Gulf, it shelters fast-attack craft, explosives-laden boats, drones and missiles belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the primary force responsible for securing the strait.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Because the visual sense is not viable at this point, the auditory senses are primary, and hearing is the most keenly developed of all of the fetal senses.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin