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Example Sentences
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The country isn’t afraid to cancel some projects if they don’t make sense, Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan said late last year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Palantir’s months-long free customer pilots had no guarantee of a payoff, and it wasn’t uncommon for paying customers to cancel their contracts due to the high cost of Palantir’s products.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026
At a certain point, Kate says, "the pain of the actual experience of trying to cancel it becomes bigger than the pain of losing a few pounds or a few tens of pounds a month".
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
Smaller suppliers in particular have little recourse to recoup costs when automakers cancel a vehicle program and stop buying parts, Karol said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
He did small fix-it stuff, but sometimes he wasn’t feeling well and had to cancel appointments.
From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.