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Example Sentences
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Since 2002, half of the local authority's councillors have been elected every two years.
From BBC
He said it was immoral for the state’s leaders to allow people to live in such conditions, and pledged to clean up Skid Row within four years if he is elected governor in November.
From Los Angeles Times
Caterpillar Chief Executive Officer Joe Creed has been elected executive chairman, succeeding D. James Umpleby III who will retire effective April 1.
He reached the age of 94 during his second stint, and was the world's oldest elected leader at the time.
From Barron's
“I was elected as a Democratic socialist, and I will govern as a Democratic socialist,” he said.
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