Example Sentences

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Steven Mazur has spent the past year figuring out how to absorb about half a million dollars in additional tariffs without dramatically raising prices at his men’s clothing brand, Ash & Erie.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Alam was in the country legally, but he had been detained for almost a year in the Erie County jail and released on a misdemeanor plea deal.

From Salon • Mar. 3, 2026

Then think of “business ontology” as a digital, machine-readable version of the company, like the New York & Erie Railroad’s signaling tree.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

During the warm months, Lake Erie becomes an ideal setting for cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, to grow rapidly.

From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2025

The final question was the same one that Mr. Ryan had asked him in the hallway on Friday: Who won the Battle of Lake Erie?

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen