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Example Sentences

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Have you invested in the market instead of real estate?

From The Wall Street Journal

This time, however, the roles have been reversed, and instead of asking questions she is the one awaiting answers.

From BBC

She perhaps represents a refreshing antidote to the kind of cooks whose recipes involve complicated ingredients you have to hunt for in a deli - instead, expect to find Marmite, fish fingers or frozen peas.

From BBC

What they hope to do instead is lead the Americans to a gold medal—and give the rest of the world another reason to hate them.

From The Wall Street Journal

But early in his routine, he only performed a single axel instead of the quad axel, and it threw him off.

From Barron's