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Example Sentences

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“We have had an overwhelming amount of support, and it’s helped us get through this very, very tough time. She got that horse there today.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

BDCs sponsor CLOs, which pool a large amount of company loans together.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

"It engages the right amount of brain and at the end of it you go, 'Oh, that was really pleasant'."

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

The heir has no freedom to designate the recipient of the disclaimed asset, as in, “I want this disclaimed amount to go to person X but not person Y.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Scientists rate the strength of an earthquake using the moment magnitude scale, a system that gauges the amount of energy released by the quake and assigns it a number.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland