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Example Sentences
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"What started as a discovery in a single marine worm turned out to be a widespread capability shared by animals from very different branches of the tree of life."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
Sainsbury's has suspended its use of live facial recognition technology at one of its London branches after a customer was wrongly challenged as a shoplifter and asked to leave.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
After a campaign over hundreds of years saw rivers tamed for commercial use, he urged a shift back "toward natural rivers featuring meandering branches and floodplains that retain water across the landscape".
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
In the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, Congress can find a definitive answer based on a longstanding agreement between the political branches backed by a century of precedent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
He ducked into the shadows of a pine and parted the low branches.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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