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Example Sentences

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Kar lives in Palo Alto with his older brother, who dropped out of Stanford at the same time to work on the startup.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

But the woman said she has learned hard lessons and will not allow her two other younger children to have a smartphone until they are older.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Health care has been one of the nation’s few durable sources of employment throughout the past few years, thanks to demand from older Americans.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

Again, demographics are a clue — this time within the professions, as there aren’t enough younger workers in the field to take the place of older ones as they retire.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

One of the older ones was a boy called Sven, who I’d seen around but never spoken to.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler