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Example Sentences
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Robin Brooks, senior economist at the Brookings Institution, thinks the “current strengthening of the yen has all the signs of hidden intervention,” meaning that authorities may have intervened more than they publicly have let on.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
All that Lobga let on was, “I’m thinking something. I’m thinking,” Thupten Chonyi recalled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The total cost to train and run DeepSeek’s model was exponentially higher than the company let on, and investors failed to consider that businesses generally wouldn’t use Chinese models due to security concerns.
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026
She does let on that the team looked at "some very innovative ways" to get Paddington moving, but says traditional puppetry was ruled out.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2025
Tab always picked up on more than she let on.
From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead
