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Example Sentences

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While women under 45 make up a small number of overall breast cancer cases, incident rates have increased 1.1% each year for the past 10 years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

"Cristiano allows our small country to be known worldwide for something great - because of all the positive things he stands for."

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

On a chilly spring night, Caligiuri, wearing a hooded Adidas jacket and black sweatpants, stands in the center of a small soccer field on a bluff in Mission Viejo.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Around a decade later, when Danovich went to a clinic for another IUD—a small, T-shaped birth control device that’s inserted past the cervix into the uterus—she asked the doctor for pain medication.

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2026

Phineas is like a small child who says he is running away from home after lunch and then comes up with a new idea over his sandwich.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman