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Example Sentences
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She bitterly remembers how she had to cancel a UN-funded project directed at women after the Houthis refused to grant her work permits before the deadline passed.
From BBC
This is unprecedented—and different from the administration’s moves to pause grant disbursements to high-fraud states.
Visitors weren’t allowed on the burial grounds at this hour, yet this particular woman’s request to enter was granted.
From Literature
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Americans have long taken the soft power of our position at the center of the pop-cultural universe for granted.
From Los Angeles Times
“We are a purse-driven industry and a breeder’s worth is determined by those purses. So, by granting these dates you are going to lower to everyone what they would get.”
From Los Angeles Times
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