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Example Sentences

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She’s 26, and he’s “a 50-year-old man, and that’s when I’m rounding down.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

“The gap between ‘when I planned to stop working’ and ‘when I actually stopped’ is where most retirement failures happen, and 59% of retirees crossing that line is not a rounding error,” Judge said.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

After seasonal adjustment and rounding, the Labor Department said this leads to a 0.3% decline in inflation-adjusted hourly wages, also known as real hourly earnings.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

From a macro point of view, that’s not even a rounding error.

From Slate • May 11, 2026

Emma shouted, and we all took off running after it, slipping and sliding on the ice, rounding the corner into the snow-choked alley that ran between the glaciated building and the one next to it.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs