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Example Sentences

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Under Armour also booked higher costs related to its two-year-old restructuring plan than originally anticipated.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

Its aging facilities, originally built between the 1930s and ’50s, require replacement rather than the periodic updates they’ve received.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

The colt originally was trained by Bob Baffert but was sent to Russell last fall when he wasn’t progressing.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Wordle was originally created and developed by Welsh software engineer Josh Wardle in 2021 and acquired by the NYT in 2022, when it was also the most Googled word of the year.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

If she had fired her retrorockets when originally instructed to, she would have been pushed farther out into space without a way to return.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson