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Example Sentences
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In 2019, poor sales and accounting errors prompted the company to write down the value of its assets by $17 billion.
As the full-time whistle went at Anfield, a goalless draw against Leeds United prompted some boos from sections of the home support.
From BBC
The club's hierarchy explained that doing so could prompt academy prospect Josh Acheampong to request a transfer, which ultimately led Maresca to back down.
From BBC
With assistance from the community, detectives later identified the toddler and his biological parents, prompting them to take Slaughter into custody on an unspecified felony charge.
From Los Angeles Times
If a durable change in the relationship between Japanese and foreign interest rates prompts portfolio reallocations by Japanese investors, brace for a major rebalancing of the global financial system.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
