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Example Sentences

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The specific card he chose matters less than the process we used to narrow down the field.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

And I think it’s a really specific thing to do because if you’re playing only one level of horror throughout an eight-episode series, I think it’s incredibly boring.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

"At the beginning, it was difficult to place them in a specific era because they featured traits that recalled both Late Roman models and potential medieval pieces inspired by classical traditions," he said.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

Some advocates have said that those two companies are best positioned to implement more systematic, age-based controls rather than specific, age-based content bans for individual apps.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

They’d spent weeks preparing for specific assignments, and now on the first day of the operation, they were already making it up as they went along.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti