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Example Sentences
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Ms. Benedict balances the dangers in her book with colorful settings, deft characterizations and plenty of charm.
Much of what comprises adult animation merely translates into line what might be shown in live action — humans in human settings.
From Los Angeles Times
Benny, one of my favorite things in “The Smashing Machine” is that it’s funny to realize setting a story at the turn of millennium is a period piece now.
From Los Angeles Times
She denies acting "in a way which amounted to gross misconduct in a public setting" and says she would have denied the allegation had it "been put to her".
From BBC
The Younger Dryas hypothesis proposes that around 12,800 years ago, fragments of a comet exploded above Earth, setting off a sudden global cooling episode known as the Younger Dryas.
From Science Daily
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