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Example Sentences

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The cell line, called "HeLa" after the patient's first and last name, was sent to research labs around the world.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

He painted "California" in early 1961, shortly before he made his first and last trip to the United States for his debut exhibitions across the Atlantic, in New York and Los Angeles, it said.

From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025

And so it was on Wednesday and Saturday nights, the IPO’s first and last appearances at Carnegie this visit, with tempers between the often-masked protesters and the well-dressed concertgoers flaring occasionally.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

It is expected he could be present in court for at least the first and last day of this final phase of the trial.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2025

The first and last time she went to see the cousins play the foreign game of basketball, the Matriarch had been horrified.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord