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Example Sentences
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The light on Mag is framed like a melodramatic diva’s spotlight, and the close-ups of Delano’s electric purple lip gloss and severe makeup heighten the sequence’s sense of surrealism.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
Project Maven is the Pentagon's flagship artificial intelligence program, launched in 2017 as a narrow experiment to help military analysts make sense of the torrent of drone footage pouring in from conflict zones.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
Manufacturing such complex and sensitive products in large enough quantities to make economic sense is harder still.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Using his acute sense of smell and training to detect a chemical compound within explosives, Magawa would then alert human handlers of mines that could be later safely removed.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
The entire situation looked hopeless, which made no sense since I knew the Confederates didn’t win this battle.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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