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Example Sentences
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Still, financial pressure has forced her to cut back on luxuries such as holidays and festival tickets.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Sanctions since 2019 have cut Huawei's access to components and technologies made by the United States and some of its allies -- including the lithography machines used to make the world's most advanced chips.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
Johannes cut three tenths off his Division I winning time last week.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
The team stitches together compelling bits on the fly, staying nimble in case late-in-the-day drama blows up their working cut.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
Though she wasn’t a welcome sight to me, I admit she cut a teacherish figure.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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