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Example Sentences
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“According to PISA, the education systems that experienced the biggest drops in reading also tended to see larger falls in maths and science performance.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Even among the official exceptions, players still tended to enjoy deep runs at the tournament.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The drama has come as a surprise to some who know Walter, who has earned respect for his financial acumen and, despite his purchases of high-profile sports teams, has tended to dodge publicity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
The new work builds on a prior study led by Hernandez, which found that people with the highest levels of optimism tended to have healthier hearts.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
Most mathematicians—Galileo, Pascal, Descartes, Newton—were familiar with the word’s use in technical astronomy, and tended to avoid it in other contexts.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
