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Example Sentences
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Giraffes, contra Lamarck, didn’t reach for high leaves, develop long necks and then pass those necks on to their descendants.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
Había tres equipos: el Team Stars, el Team Stripes y el Team World, que jugaron partidos de 12 minutos en un torneo de todos contra todos.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026
El otoño anterior, su defensa del título se esfumó contra los Atlanta Braves, un equipo menos favorito, en la Serie de Campeonato de la Liga Nacional.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025
Desde entonces, un juez ha retirado los cargos contra al menos cinco de los investigadores, y Sheinbaum Pardo ha criticado los cargos como “excesivos”.
From Science Magazine • May 8, 2024
I would not have written this book if I did not believe, contra Wilde, that many principles of style really can be taught.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
