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Example Sentences

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Mack was given a shorter sentence due to her lesser role and because she gave birth to a baby while on trial, the Bali court heard.

From BBC

Any lesser auk might have called it quits.

From Literature

Families who lost their homes can receive hundreds of thousands of dollars under the program, while those with damaged homes receive lesser amounts.

From Los Angeles Times

But reasonable observers can admit that any sane policy will, to a greater or lesser degree, look ugly.

From The Wall Street Journal

Unlike well known inflammatory signals such as histamine and cytokines, epoxy-oxylipins belong to a lesser studied pathway that researchers believed might help naturally quiet the immune system.

From Science Daily