be told

Example Sentences

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Yet Baron Partners is a publicly available mutual fund regulated under the Investment Act of 1940, and ordinary shareholders should be told how nearly a third of their money is being invested.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

The findings raise a provocative possibility: some people may be told their B12 status is fine while their brains are already showing early signs of strain.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

This editorial is hard to read, but unless we want to experience similar terror-driven antisemitic outrages in the future, the truth must be told and retold to and by people of good will.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Truth be told, as I led a screaming Salmon to his room, my husband yelled from our bedroom, “Be quiet! This is not acceptable!”

From Slate • May 10, 2026

He would be told that, if he pleads guilty to a felony, he will be deemed “unfit” for jury service and automatically excluded from juries for the rest of his life.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander