such a thing

Example Sentences

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He added that Trump was very interested in his election campaign, but "there was no statement of support, nor should there have been one, and I would never ask for such a thing."

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

"I had never even considered such a thing, it was such an amazing idea."

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

“As soon as I discovered that such a thing existed,” he said, “I basically had to have it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

In fact, such a thing had been in the works since the 1950s, but instead of hurrying to get them assembly-line ready as L.A. was sickening with smog, Detroit just made bigger, filthier cars.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

For them, a vacuum was an impossibility, so all the experiments that appeared to establish the existence of such a thing were strange indeed.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton