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Example Sentences
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The government has cut the number of outstanding asylum cases awaiting a first decision.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
A position that could be cut in half is survivable for a 30-year-old with three decades to recover.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
Wheat production was cut to 1.54 billion bushels, down nearly 20 million bushels due to lower output of hard red winter wheat.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
If the Wayans were able to slip in a joke about Taylor, why didn’t they cut a separate quip about horror never winning Oscars, when Amy Madigan won for “Weapons” the same night?
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
To do this, they’d cut a small chunk of the horsehoof mushroom that grows on dead birch trees, and set fire to it, then blown it out so that it was just shouldering.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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