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Example Sentences
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I’m a Texan, so I’ve been around tarantulas my whole life, I knew what it was.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Emily Keaney, ICO deputy commissioner, said many families had "never been shown how to talk to their children about online privacy", and added that it required a "whole society approach".
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
The average pay gap at low-wage 20 corporations stands at 899-to-1 — jaw-dropping even compared with the already-shocking 285-to-1 average for the S&P 500 as a whole.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026
On the whole, only 25% of voters planned to vote for Bass.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
Yet even then I could see there was something very unusual, very spirited about her—the steely look in her eye, the sudden smile that lit up her whole face.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.