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Example Sentences

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Less than 15 minutes later, Trump posted that talks with Iran were proceeding at a “rapid pace.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

“That is the grown-up part of the AI story: Less sparkle, more spreadsheet.”

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Homeland Security investigators began paying close attention to the Buy 4 Less in December when they observed suspicious activity around the store.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Less than a third of civil servants had been consulted on how the technology could be rolled out, the union found, meaning "change is being done to workers, not with them".

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Less than two weeks before, Soviet forces had won a fierce battle to free the city from German occupation.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein