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Example Sentences

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You may also forfeit certain tax advantages — and the money you’d contribute to their accounts could instead go toward your own Roth IRA, giving you greater flexibility.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

It would simply be a copy, made to make money instead of telling a story.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

Terrified for their safety, they did not roll down their windows, instead immediately calling 911.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

They disdain raw milk as dangerous and ask instead that we appreciate the role of pasteurization and fortified bread, to name two examples, in reducing nutritional deficiencies and food-borne illnesses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

I wish for the wind to shift, to pull the fresh ocean air inland, instead of wafting the smell of rotting fish from the barrels down the ramp over me.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith