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Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, Egypt has told shops, restaurants and cafes to cut energy use by closing early.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
She has simplified OpenAI’s organizational structure, and led an effort to cut back on projects that Altman championed before she joined, including its Sora video-generation app.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
It would also cut about $1.1 billion from the Energy Department’s Office of Science, which runs national laboratories and funds research into energy technology.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
If we want to have meaningful savings in federal spending, we will have to cut real things.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
But when his arms had turned to water and he could chop no more, he saw with alarm that he’d only managed to cut down two spindly birch saplings and a puny little spruce.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
