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Example Sentences
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It provides protection for a specific period or “term,” which could be 10, 20 or 30 years, and the company pledges to pay a lump sum to beneficiaries if she dies within that time frame.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
Michael told Didi executives that Uber would spend the entire sum to compete with Didi in China if they didn’t agree to buy Uber’s operation there, which was burning $100 million a month.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
Ferragni has 28 million followers on Instagram and, after her companies made €1m from the promotion, she pledged to donate the same sum to the hospital.
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026
Top-line growth and profit margins should sum to 40, helping a software stock reach a “normal” valuation.
From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025
Fifth, Denman had the money neither to pay us well nor to guarantee a decent sum to our dependents in case something happened to us.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
