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Example Sentences
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The salient question for fiduciaries is whether the investments are likely to produce a higher net return over the long term after fees.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Fitzgerald called Delta the “most defensive” airline stock over the longer term, since it has its own oil refinery.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 5, 2026
Halfway into Bass’ four-year term, the figure had climbed above 30%.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026
One staffer told ThinkProgress during Trump’s first term that “Harvey just really likes powerful people, and he really likes having friends who are powerful, and who better than the President of the United States?”
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
He told Americans that his preference was to complete the term to which he’d been elected, but that he longer had enough support to continue.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.