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Example Sentences
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“News flow about increasingly frequent satellite launches and increasingly useful LEO satellite-based network services are rightly drawing investors’ attention,” Stein wrote in a note to clients this week, referring to low-Earth-orbit satellites.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
Ms. Gage rightly contends that this region deserves more renown than it often gets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Tuchel will rightly say Uruguay and Japan are the tough tests England required to tune up for the World Cup, but the burning question is still the same and has not been answered.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has also criticized the CEO's conduct, saying he was "very disappointed, as others are, rightly so, in this unilingual message."
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
“This old man right here. Been with me for....Shoot, I don’t rightly know anymore. But he’s carried more souls than there are stars in the sky, and he’s still going strong. Ain’t that right, sir?”
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.