Example Sentences

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Mainframes are “deeply entrenched” across industries, he added.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

Mainframes became smaller and more powerful; personal computers brought word processing, email and video games to ordinary homes; and microprocessors enhanced everyday products from coffeemakers and cars to phones, watches and toys.

From Time • Jun. 28, 2016