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Example Sentences

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Without fail, the miniature version of me would blubber at Sully the polka dot monster reuniting with Boo, and Marlin the clownfish traversing the ocean to find his son.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

Aerospace plants and oil and gas facilities dot the landscape in California, but it is easy for many people to be unaware of them.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

This might include not providing his own economic forecast, such as not contributing to the dot plot.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

Powell attempted to change the Fed’s communications approach, seeking to revise the dot plot, but acknowledged at the Fed’s April press conference that such change can be a “very complex” issue.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

Just as multiplying by zero causes the number line to collapse into a point, the vanishing point has caused most of the universe to sit in a tiny dot.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife