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Example Sentences

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Let’s assume the scientists are correct and the earth is 4.543 billion years old.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

Alphie Lonergan is 84 years old and the primary carer for two of his adult children.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

There’s an old joke about two economists walking down a busy street.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

At 17, she formed her own student orchestra, which performed in schools, old age homes, prisons, all over.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

I take the long way around the complex to get back to reception, avoiding the hallway that leads to Mr. Harris’s old room.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam