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Example Sentences
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The upshot is that longevity, i.e. not only living longer but being healthy for longer, could be big business for healthcare companies.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Today’s media-verse is so fractured and bifurcated along political lines, I just assumed that confirmation bias would drive most folks toward friendly sources, i.e. what they want to hear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
Banknotes were merely promises to pay money, i.e., credit, not the monetary real McCoy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Magnons are quasiparticles, i.e. groups of particles behaving as if they were individual particles instead.
From Science Daily ● May 5, 2026
Moreover, both music aptitude and music achievement are dependent on audiation; i.e., our music learning potentials and our music learning achievements are based on our music thinking.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
