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Example Sentences
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"Teachers are incredibly stretched because you need training for this sort of challenge. I think the balancing act that teachers now face is more challenging than it's ever been before."
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
For them, labor was a spiritual act, function guided form, beauty lay in simplicity, and well-designed objects need never change.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
She told those attending, “The task is to act and think differently.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Although those can act as competition for Nvidia’s graphics-processing units, there is also an opportunity for Nvidia to get more business by making its own hardware compatible with Marvell’s.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
When the trooper, too, began to get teary, Truman fell back on his strongman act of bravado.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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