Example Sentences

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Growing up in a small Southwestern town as an only child, Erika’s summers were neither good nor bad, neither deprived nor indulged.

From Salon • Jun. 24, 2026

Molina plays Sam Cooper, a retired engineer — that will be important — being brought grumbling to the Boroughs, a posh, city-sized retirement community plopped down in the middle of the Southwestern desert.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

“It’s probably the perfect storm of a contagion coming into the right contact for a confined group,” said Jeffrey SoRelle, a pathologist at the University of Texas Southwestern whose lab researches viral genomics.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

According to Dr. Navar, enlicitide builds on decades of scientific work at UT Southwestern.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

In some way Steve has found out that I stand in pretty well with President Ford and the Pacific Southwestern people.

From The City of Numbered Days by Lynde, Francis