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Example Sentences
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This allowed visits to focus less on background information and more on practical next steps.
From Science Daily
Neither, despite his background in France and having a French wife, has he been accused of being a puppet of Paris.
From BBC
Among them is pop star Selena Gomez, who used the Rose track Where Your Warmth Begins as the background for an Instagram post about Sunday's Golden Globes.
From BBC
They came from many backgrounds—business owners, a former candidate for governor, a former congressman, a Democrat operative, a Republican adviser, the CEO of the Oregon Historical Society and an expert on homelessness.
The brittle, acoustically reflective shell combines with its curved, hollow shape to act as a Helmholtz resonator, rendering ambient background noise into the sound of the surf.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
