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Example Sentences

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Creditors ease underwriting standards and perform less diligence.

From The Wall Street Journal

The location in a historical deer park is significant because the land has not been ploughed or built-on, meaning the villa's remains - less than a metre below the surface - look to be well preserved.

From BBC

Excluding autos, retail sales are seen rising 0.3%, one-tenth of a percentage point less than previously.

From Barron's

Readings of less than 50 indicate that home builders are pessimistic about the single-family housing market in the next six months.

From Barron's

Not everything needs to be kitsch, dumbed down, or turned into a competitive status symbol, lest anyone take that as another excuse to care even less about the wrong things.

From Salon