to-be
Example Sentences
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Toné! was born in 1986 when its to-be co-founders realized they could find success as their own entity.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2025
Lovers — former, and to-be — flirt in these gentle shadows; women swap stories about their home lives and their dreams; the employer exploits the laborers, and they, in turn, plot to steal his fruit.
From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2024
The company said certified or to-be certified pharmacy technicians who are responsible for administering flu and COVID-19 vaccines will be given $1,000 reward throughout a six-month retention period.
From Reuters • Sep. 17, 2021
Homologous chromosomes move to opposite poles during meiosis I so the number of sets of chromosomes in each nucleus- to-be is reduced from two to one.
From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013
But his jabbing at me about being late does not leave me much room for wanting to-be nice.
From "The Misfits" by James Howe
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.