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Example Sentences

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When disease and weather kill cattle at about one thousand times the rate of wolves, struggling ranchers clearly have much bigger concerns than the Endangered Species Act.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

So far, astronomers have identified only a few thousand neutron stars, most of them detected as pulsars.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

But avoiding credit cards entirely in 2026 means leaving a thousand dollars or more in rewards on the table every year for a lot of people.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

That’s enough power to run several thousand American homes for a year.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

I must have asked that a thousand times a day.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse