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Example Sentences

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Stay up really late so you wake up with the kind of high upper eyelid exposure that gives you Prey Eyes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

More than 80% of people in the upper middle class and rich categories were in married or cohabitating households, the Urban Institute analysis found.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Images released by Ukrainian emergency services showed a building whose upper floors were engulfed in flames.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

The growing gap between the upper, middle and lower classes suggests we’re in what’s being called an E-shaped economy — which could spell trouble ahead.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Triple-B-rated bonds were harder to sell than the triple-A-rated ones, on the safe, upper floors of the building.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis