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Example Sentences
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In Tesla’s labs, the nearly 6-foot-tall machine practices rote tasks like sorting Legos by color, folding laundry and using a drill to screw a fastener, former employees said.
When he saw the fuel tank was nearly empty, he stopped at a gas pump.
According to data from Dow Jones Market Data, the index finishes higher nearly 80% of the time when January does.
From Barron's
Ole Miss has to go back nearly to the leather helmet era for its 1960 national title and neither Indiana nor Oregon has ever won it all.
From Los Angeles Times
Despite the exquisite writing and eternal themes that give his plays lasting cultural significance, they aren’t produced nearly as often as they should be.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
