bar
Example Sentences
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More aspiring young lawyers are asking for—and getting—extra time to finish the bar exam, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
It resonates more with the progress bar instead of the buffering icon.
From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026
“The bar for us in a quality equity strategy is to not take fliers on entrepreneurs in a garage on Sand Hill Road,” Hanson said, referring to Silicon Valley’s so-called Wall Street of the West.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
In the background of a bar, a poster for Roberto Rossellini’s earnest humanitarian classic “Europa ’51” is visible, Jude obviously paying homage to a classic story about a privileged woman’s crisis of charity.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Raven wipes the bar, her eyes full of concern.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.