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Example Sentences
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The insatiable appetite for high-tech products could eventually bleed into popular goods such as cellphones, laptops and the like — the stuff consumers buy.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
That action was in response to news that an internal investigation at Prudential had found “multiple inappropriate cases involving improper investment solicitation and the like by current and former employees” within its Japan operations.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
In his view, e-scooter and e-bike subscriptions are particularly attractive to people making these kinds of journeys and younger workers, but buses, trains and the like will remain the "more inclusive" option for many others.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Endowments, pension funds and the like then invested in the loans.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
Adah did weird, morbid things for her hope chest, black borders on cloth napkins and the like, which exhausted our mother.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
