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Example Sentences
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Conductors love to play “Pulcinella” for goofy laughs, exaggerating trombone glissandi and the like, relishing guffaws from the audience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
Pichai consolidated AI research divisions and product teams for Chrome, Android, Pixel, and the like.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
Really, the constraint on Chinese growth is chronic malinvestment of the country’s savings, which are diverted toward export-manufacturing industries and low-productivity state-owned enterprises rather than toward investment in domestic services and the like.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
The insatiable appetite for high-tech products could eventually bleed into popular goods such as cellphones, laptops and the like — the stuff consumers buy.
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
She hoped they might stay groggy for the duration and thus be spared any disturbing encounters with ghosts and the like, but Lady Constance had a different idea.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
