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Example Sentences

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This sort of change in behavior would hardly be terrible; it would generate more income for workers, more output for employers and more revenue for the government in the form of base-pay taxation.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

That sense of sort of self-possession is quite admirable and, again, this is so new for the both of us.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

“While people are just chasing everything else, it’s very hard to get any sort of catalyst strong enough to turn this market,” Ostrovskis said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

"I always sort of go back to classic actresses in the way that they could sort of toe a line between extreme femininity and just rock hard will and grit," she said.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

She had dark, almost-black hair and her skin was sort of creamy white.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott