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Example Sentences
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Changing the circuit's settings can influence the result, but mainly because the final layers continue to play an active role.
From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026
The producer, who works remotely from Cornwall, is part of a growing number of professionals choosing to settle long-term in coastal and rural towns once seen mainly as seasonal destinations.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
No less than half of the silver is used in industry, mainly for electronics, solar panels, and medical applications.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
The one advantage was that the dancers, mainly on a plain stage, could shine in a town that knows its dance.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
This mainly consists of scribbling with fountain pens on various scraps of paper.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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