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Example Sentences

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Over the past year, I calculate I’ve saved about $453 on gasoline, having put about 11,000 miles on the vehicle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

That could put about 30% of Uber’s mobility bookings at risk of facing the ”most direct competitive threat” from robotaxis, he said in a note to clients.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026

That Christmas, they put about $1,000 on his books.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

Official figures show that in 2023 the country's households put about 138 trillion yuan in the bank, an almost 14% increase from a year earlier.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2024

We put about vases of flowers and dressed in our best clothes.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan