thing

Example Sentences

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"While that sounds like a good thing, for Central America that leads to a lot less rainfall and potentially drought conditions," said Liz Stephens, professor of climate risk and resilience at the University of Reading.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

If AI data centers in space are a thing, the terrestrial data center builders will have less business than expected right now.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Every era produces its own version of the unstoppable winner, the thing you’d be foolish to bet against.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Then it became just this thing during sound check or maybe in the middle of sets, we’d just start jamming these random progressions and stuff, and it kind of just evolved from there naturally.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

It feels right that this is the first thing I do on my fifteenth birthday.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold