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Example Sentences

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"What Reform has done for the first time in my political lifetime is offer a viable and real alternative to those two old parties," Yusuf said.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

The second speaks to the lack of choice we have as workers to take that money and invest it in the stock market — that’s done for the collective benefit.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

The thing is, spending more on defence is harder when the economy is continuing to struggle – as it has done for years and years already.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

“When I see Jane and I know what this has done for her, all I feel is happiness,” he said in a 2001 interview.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

As my parents had once done for me, they'd made sacrifices so that she could be exposed to things outside her neighborhood.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama