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Example Sentences

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But no contaminants have been found in the water, Maryland officials say, after samples were taken both up- and down-river.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2024

Noteworthy, both up- or down-regulation of ATP8B1-CDC50 function could potentially be of interest in drug discovery, and the study also reveals critical information to such applications.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2023

The technology for machine learning, particularly from Intel, to up- and downscale is pretty strong.

From The Verge • Jul. 19, 2022

Usually, it rains an average of 263 days a year in Cologne, which means the Rhine is almost always full of swift-moving water and diesel-fume-belching barges tugging their way up- and downstream.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2018

"That's what I said! I said about our meetings and things and then you said shut up-" His voice lifted into the whine of virtuous recrimination.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding