Example Sentences

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Phrased differently: “We’re willing to save some cash at the expense of the quality of the broadcast. Sorry, viewers.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 24, 2022

Phrased differently: the biggest decline in the S&P 500 last year, a 1.8 percent drop on May 17, would rank as the eighth largest since January.

From Seattle Times • May 29, 2018

Phrased just a bit differently: “All we can do is play our parts and keep each other company.”

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2015

Phrased more optimistically, in a competitive marketplace content producers who don’t meet their audiences’ needs lose market share to those who do.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2013

He was no monstrous Milton, Nor wrote no "Paradise Lost," So wondered at by most, Phrased so disdainfully, Composed so painfully.

From Fairies and Fusiliers by Graves, Robert