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Example Sentences
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Yet their meanings can be altered simply by changing context or editing a caption.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
In Bengal, fish has always carried meanings far beyond the plate, and its political afterlife feels almost inevitable.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
The word “morally” carries a weight with different subjective meanings.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Scientists may measure wavelengths and lexicographers may parse meanings, but the world people see and speak about is always changing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
He said something happily, again in sounds she could not ascribe meanings to.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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