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Example Sentences

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His program for the free skate has a much higher technical score than any of his rivals, and judges will give extra credit for ambition while also rewarding with a higher component score.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

Now, with credit spreads tighter, investors should be asking if they are being compensated well enough for any extra credit risk they are taking, adds IDX’s McMillan.

From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025

Department of Homeland Security, which supervises the agency, deserves extra credit for exposing this travesty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025

This shift toward neutrality changed students' behavior: They accumulated credit hours more quickly than the control group, whose negative weighting bias and low self-control reliably predicted their delay in securing extra credit.

From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2024

I could not take a chance of this happening in front of the whole class, even though I wanted to get the extra credit.

From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez