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Example Sentences
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Boeing, General Dynamics, Lockheed, and Northrop shares have gained an average of 32% in that span.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
Add it all up, and the economy created just 34,000 net jobs during the 10-month span.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026
These cans contained fillets from four species collected over a 42-year span in the Gulf of Alaska and Bristol Bay.
From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026
They say the high prices were in part driven by a directive from Noem, which instructed the agency to purchase all the planned new detention sites in a 30-day span.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
No letters, no birthday or Christmas presents —not even a picture postcard had arrived during that long span of time.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.