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Example Sentences

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The Santa Monica City Council agreed earlier this week to pay a settlement to the family of a Black entrepreneur whose land the city acknowledged was unfairly taken through eminent domain during the 1950s.

From Los Angeles Times

Nancy Shear wasn’t yet out of her teens when she was hired as musical assistant to the eminent and enigmatic symphony conductor Leopold Stokowski, who became her mentor and a father figure of sorts.

From The Wall Street Journal

More than half of all North American species are in decline, according to a study published by a group of the United States’ and Canada’s eminent avian scientists.

From Washington Post

To get access to the PACT, we finally contacted a friend in a distant state who is an eminent professor of medicine at another university.

From Washington Post

Writing in the Radio Times, the eminent musician described the BBC's "treatment of its own musicians" as "lamentable".

From BBC