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Example Sentences
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“My bet is that an opportunistic businessperson saw a trend, bought tons of capybara products from Chinese suppliers for very cheap and is selling them for a big profit.”
Output rose eight percent last year to more than 890,000 metric tons and the government aims to triple production within a decade.
From Barron's
City officials say nearly 20 tons of trash -- from plastic and glass bottles to food waste -- is collected every week at Agua Dulce.
From Barron's
Mexico said Thursday that two naval ships delivered 814 tons of aid to Cuba, including meat, crackers and rice.
Each year, millions of tons of microscopic plastic particles are released into the environment.
From Science Daily
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
