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Example Sentences
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Much of the price data comes from hundreds of BLS employees who fan out across the country every month to check prices at supermarkets, doctors’ offices, clothing stores and the like.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
In an age before the internet, before social media, before the cable-TV chat shows and before Carville and the like, Reilly came as close to celebrity as a political operative possibly could.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
I see the same thing happening on social-media forums, subreddits, Facebook groups and the like.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Many people have been put off that idea owing to the perceived complication of wages being paid into that account, and direct debits and the like needing to be moved.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
He saw phones, video cameras, and the like raised up, all of them pointed at him and Johanna.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
