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Example Sentences

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By the end of their studies, some of the students -- "a small number, maybe up to five" -- will go on to work in the mines.

From Barron's

The discovery, reported in Science, centers on a small, faint red dwarf star that is cooler and less massive than the Sun.

From Science Daily

Carney visited the small town on Friday, along with other federal leaders across the political aisle, as well as Canada's Governor-General Mary Simon, in a show of national unity.

From BBC

While the investigation was taking place, she relocated to the quiet Île de Ré, a small island off France's Atlantic coast.

From BBC

Adding to the bill are her two growing teenage boys - "one is 6ft 2in and towers over me now" - for whom the cheaper and smaller dishes on the children's menu are no longer sufficient.

From BBC