sterling

Example Sentences

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Some €10 short, and the check-in desk not accepting pounds sterling, they were able to convince one of the locals to swap a £10 note and they were on their way.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

With revenue and earnings growing in the double digits, and a sterling balance sheet, “Microsoft is as attractive as it has almost ever been,” he says.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Melodrama doesn’t exactly have the most sterling reputation for discerning cinema viewers.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

The independent, nonpartisan Cook Political Report, which has a sterling decades-long record of election forecasting, said the most probable outcome is a wash.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

She reminded them of all the pranks Tommy had played on them, of all the sterling qualities of the smartest student in their class, of why a girl, not a boy, should represent them.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord