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Example Sentences

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District officials said that they are fine with the automatic raise approach but that the district also must be able to afford the increases.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

That’s a solid $10 billion improvement from late January and suggests companies have been able to improve margins and increase efficiencies despite soaring oil and energy prices and a retrenchment in consumer sentiment.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Search engines were looking for keywords, but AI engines need to be able to process the meaning on the page easily.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

"We now have a different mechanism where we might be able to target astrocytes or specifically this HCAR1 receptor," he added.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

The others either didn’t appear in either directory or they appeared too many times to be able to narrow down with anything remotely resembling certainty.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse