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Example Sentences
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Prominence is the distance a peak rises above the highest saddle that separates it from the next higher peak.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 18, 2023
The poll also showed inflation to average 5.2% and 3.0% this year and next, higher than the 5.0% and 2.7% predicted in a July poll.
From Reuters • Oct. 7, 2022
That left open the possibility of a different result on the next higher rung in the judicial hierarchy: the Supreme Court.
From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2020
There’s also a polar vortex in the stratosphere, the next higher level of the atmosphere, which is also edged by another, higher-altitude jet stream.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2020
Octaves are named from one C to the next higher C. For example, all the notes between "great C" and "small C" are "great."
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
