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Example Sentences

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A major review by the National Screening Committee said for every 1,000 men screened in their 50s, it would save two lives from prostate cancer over the next 15 years.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

And you could say that for every single person on the show.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

“We were speaking for every librarian out there.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

This penguin decay is incredibly rare in the Standard Model: for every million B mesons, only one will decay in this manner.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

Yet I must be honest, as my husband and sons have always been: the tannery cannot be blamed for every misfortune we suffered.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya