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Example Sentences

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UCU general secretary Jo Grady said staff were "rightly outraged that management wants to slash pension benefits, tear up local and national agreements and divide the workforce".

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

It was a tale of two seasons for Smith, who dazzled with a .297/.357/.443 slash line through his first 75 big league games, but hit a snag over his next 59 games, slashing just .153/.248/.232.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

And Block said in February that it would slash nearly half of its workforce as it moves to automate more labor with AI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

In the Philippines, some tricycle taxi drivers have seen fuel price hikes slash their daily earnings in half.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

The eye is drawn to the upper left: in a bold diagonal slash in dark black ink, covering part of the word “Monsieur” and underlined twice, the letters are thick, the words urgent: “tres important.”

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman