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Example Sentences
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Bank of Montreal’s fiscal third-quarter net income fell to 1.75 billion Canadian dollars, or C$2.38 a share, from C$2.33 billion a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
John Ratcliffe reportedly arrived in the Russian capital earlier on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
The results are consistent with several earlier studies involving a previous shingles vaccine that also found an association between shingles vaccination and a reduced risk of dementia.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Ballmer, like Iger, had come up short in earlier bids for teams, and wasn’t going to let it happen again with the Clippers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
I think back to earlier this summer when Camille somehow knew Mom was on a beach.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
