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Example Sentences
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Theater owners have argued that shorter windows cut into box office profits and train audiences to wait to watch a movie at home.
From Los Angeles Times
Short-range cues still matter: ravens might be following signals like wolf howls to find fresh kills at shorter distances.
From Barron's
Analysts at Dutch bank ING estimate about 3.3 million barrels a day will be released, far short of the supply losses of 15 million barrels a day from the Persian Gulf.
She literally handed me that dream on a platter, so I’m nothing short of grateful.”
From Los Angeles Times
Lower is better, and steady 100-basis-point improvements in annual efficiency ratios would be nothing short of radical.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
