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Example Sentences
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Lindsay Hecox tried out for the college teams but “was not fast enough” and instead “participated in women’s club soccer and running.”
I briefly consider breakfast-for-dinner — biscuits and eggs are always tempting — but land instead on a skillet chicken pot pie: chicken, frozen vegetables, cream, and biscuits as the topper.
From Salon
Zheng likens this to examining the tiny ridges of a human hair from across a desk instead of holding it just inches from your eye.
From Science Daily
It’s not that Denmark doesn’t recommend some vaccines because they’re not safe, but instead because of differences of the data and how that data is applied within the context of each country and its population.
From Salon
He said the deal provided too much money to lawyers instead of their clients.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
