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Example Sentences
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Many of the original ventures that commanded huge market valuations fail.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
Unified strike was dramatically averted with hours to spare on April 14 in a conflict that commanded local and national attention for weeks.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
By the early 1920s, the Model T commanded 50% of the global auto market and fundamentally reshaped the geography and economy of the 20th century.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
In those days, the FA Cup commanded such a celebrated place in British football that thinking about it brings back so many rich memories for me.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
I can’t help thinking it wouldn’t be so awful if someone commanded Jace to talk to me.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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