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Example Sentences

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College has increasingly become a box to check, with little emphasis on whether it meaningfully advances a student’s goals—or whether college is even the best path to achieve them.

From The Wall Street Journal

However, this year, the categories for boxed/special limited-edition packages will be combined into a single recording package category, with album covers receiving their own trophy.

From Los Angeles Times

“Weapons” was such a hit that it overperformed at the box office, with revenue soaring past projected expectations.

From Salon

But the effort to fit the world into a theoretical box misses the point.

From Barron's

Then, after returning to boxing in 1991, there came a long stretch of “not so much” in the area of acting success.

From Los Angeles Times