the system

Example Sentences

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I asked how Davide would have addressed this tactic that appeared effective against the system he was describing.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

“So how does the system know who’s who? And when it flags someone — is it a human decision or just an algorithm flipping a switch?”

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

In 1983, lawmakers raised payroll taxes, accelerated scheduled tax increases, began to gradually increase the full retirement age to 67, taxed benefits for higher‑income workers and required new federal employees to participate in the system.

From MarketWatch • May 2, 2026

The question is whether the system is serving its purpose—and whether it provides the kind of opportunity that once made college athletics a pathway to both education and advancement for players like me.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

By the mid-1770s, the system of bond labor had been thoroughly transformed into a racial caste system predicated on slavery.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander