system
Example Sentences
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Such groups would need to be compensated through the tax system, but “this was not done.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
At a time when people are already struggling with the cost of living, she says that risks "locking people out of care altogether" and is why ministers must urgently reform the "broken NHS system".
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
The LA Alliance recently tried unsuccessfully last year to persuade a judge to put the city’s homelessness system into receivership, arguing that it has been failing the city’s most vulnerable population.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
At 18, most foster children are aging out of the system and facing an uncertain financial future.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
The body's immune system tries to kill the invading bacteria with an array of special immune cells, while the bacteria try to protect themselves against immune cells by cranking out toxic chemicals.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
Vocabulary lists containing system
Word Generation Science - Scientific Thinking
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