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Example Sentences

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Citi’s trading revenue declined in the quarter, ä reflection of how markets have calmed in the past year.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2021

On Apple keyboards, you can also hold down a letter to see alternative versions of that letter: holding A, for example, offers eight alternatives, à, á, â, ä, æ, ã, å, and ā.

From Slate • Oct. 26, 2018

In the Alphabet the first line of characters, the equilateral triangle in four positions, reads as follows, ä e oo ah.

From By Canoe and Dog-Train by Young, Egerton Ryerson

A has two other distinct sounds: ̣ạ broad, like aw, as in all, talk, etc. ä Italian, like ah, as in far, father, etc.

From The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric by Cody, Sherwin

The tenses are denoted by the vowels a, ä, e, i, o, u, placed before the verbs.

From Buchanan's Journal of Man, August 1887 Volume 1, Number 7 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)