quarter
Example Sentences
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Vance and Rubio gave no quarter, and the two emissaries were forced to return home with nothing more than a promise for a “working group,” which means nothing.
From Salon
They see monthly job growth over the next four quarters at 65,000, up from 49,000 in the prior survey.
A quarter of her garden in Thorpeness, Suffolk, has already fallen away, and she has been warned the entire building may soon have to be knocked down.
From BBC
Allen had also thrown 200 passes without an interception before being picked off in the third quarter here.
From BBC
In the fourth quarter, Marcus Smart went down amid a pile of players in the lane and eventually limped to the locker room never to return.
From Los Angeles Times
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