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Example Sentences
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Since the beginning of the decade, the S&P 500 Information Technology Sector Index has commanded an ever-larger percentage of the overall index.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Autocratic monarchs once left an echo of their glory in the ruins of the megaprojects they commanded at the peak of their unchallenged power.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Many of the original ventures that commanded huge market valuations fail.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
The cost of the flight was a fraction of what government-procured contracts would’ve commanded.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
As you know, my lady mother had been commanded to attendance on the Queen at Windsor, and I was left to await the coming of John-the-Fletcher in the care of Dame Ellen.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
