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Example Sentences
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“I can go shopping in my closet and grab something and pop it in, instead of spending an hour scrolling through Netflix to find something and then just turning on the same TV show.”
From Los Angeles Times
During his first year with the team, instead of being himself, he catered to what he felt the fans deserved from the person holding down the mic.
From Los Angeles Times
But instead of selling the shares to raise cash for the tax bill, it pays the taxes from its own coffers.
"Talk to us instead of just making more or less random outbursts on social media," he said.
From BBC
Rizer played down the need for additional incentives in Loudoun County, instead pointing to policies that made it an easy place to build.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
