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Example Sentences
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There is no single, standard definition of middle class, or upper middle class, and what counts as a hefty income in one city can feel paltry in another.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Nerve cells engineered to produce high amounts of FTL1 developed simplified structures, forming short, single extensions instead of the complex, branching networks seen in healthy cells.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
But if there is one Chili Peppers single that has attained divine feel-good hit status, it’s “Can’t Stop.”
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
The decline of his career came not with a single event, but a series of shifts.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
A woman lay on the single cot, three others on straw ticks on the floor.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.