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Example Sentences

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Synopsys is the largest provider of electronic design automation software, which is used to design semiconductors.

From Barron's

I used to boast I could do the job equally as badly as a lot of other managers.

From BBC

The national-security regulations, which were expanded last year, feature broad provisions against subversion and foreign collusion that have been used to clamp down on popular expressions of dissent.

From The Wall Street Journal

Meanwhile, the second producer Waypoint, real name Jacob Donaghue, confirmed on social media that AI was used to "give our original vocal a female tone".

From BBC

Your father may not have as many social outlets as he used to have.

From MarketWatch