contact
Example Sentences
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“This arrest comes following a contact earlier that day at a nearby transit center for similar circumstances,” the department’s statement read.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026
Officers are appealing for anyone with information to get in contact.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
In Florstadt, automated procedures coexist with manual handling at fixed workstations, such as preparing a single contact lens ordered by an optician for a specific patient for further shipping.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
Except, that is, when escaping a bunker: It is the only time in golf when an ideal shot never makes contact with the ball.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
The Brooklyn Eagle wrote that contact with spirits, “rests on extremely slender foundations,” but was also, “worthy of serious investigation.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.