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Example Sentences
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The case would force the tech giants to take "accountability", she said, adding that she thought "these companies are a law unto their own".
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
“The Nation may be sick unto speedy death & past help,” he wrote as the proclamation went into effect in January 1863, “but if so, it’s last great Act is one of Repentance & Restitution.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
Unlike classical antennas, which require laborious calibration in specialized radio laboratories, the atomic-based system is, in a sense, a standard unto itself.
From Science Daily • Dec. 13, 2025
Regardless of its size, the novelty of the lake is an attraction unto itself.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025
Then solemnly pressing pinky upon pinky, she said, “Swear unto death that it will be our secret no matter what.”
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.