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Example Sentences
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The insurers consider themselves justified in cancelling war risk policies: they covered a contingency, which no longer exists now that war has actually broken out.
From Barron's
Your phone was just broken but now everything is OK?
From Literature
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I glanced out one of the broken windows; since the floor below me didn’t appear to be on fire, I decided that I was probably on the eighth floor.
From Literature
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Roads near Beirut's airport were also hit, leaving broken glass and debris lining the streets.
From BBC
Buyers can find the destination charge among a list of costs, broken down on the window sticker, that they will pay to purchase a car or truck.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.