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Example Sentences

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The de-extinction breathlessness potentially endangers real animals for the sake of hypothetical future de-extincted ones.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

For the sake of women’s health, it’s time for transparency.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

"The identity of Fatah is a revolutionary identity. It was about changing the status quo for the sake of liberating Palestine and turning the Palestinian cause from a humanitarian issue into a political issue."

From BBC • May 15, 2026

For comparison’s sake, earlier YouGov polling showed that 71 percent of men think they could take a goose in a fight; 51 percent of women say the same.

From Salon • May 11, 2026

He was genuinely interested in computers, not for their own sake but for their service to a lifelong obsession: the inner workings of the stock market.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis