Example Sentences

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The second thing to note is that six U.S. states — Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Nebraska, New Jersey and Pennsylvania — levy a state inheritance tax.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 17, 2026

In the case of a global pandemic “where the whole population gets infected, basically you have a denominator of 7 billion people,” said Dr. Stanley Perlman, a University of Iowa microbiologist who studies coronaviruses.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026

In Iowa, Williams has taken classes in medical and legal terminology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

Nathan Platt and Daniel Leaphart from the School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability at Iowa contributed to the research.

From Science Daily • Jun. 13, 2026

I’d communicated best, I realized now, in smaller venues like the ones I’d done in Iowa.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama