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Example Sentences

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"We're seeing this existential anxiety within the Social Democratic Party" which "doesn't know what it should do right now to get back to where it used to be", Ciobanu added.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

In such a world, it’s difficult to imagine a young Weisberger getting a job at Vogue or surviving long enough to gather the observations she used to write “The Devil Wears Prada.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

They said Meta accessed millions of books and journal articles from pirating sites, which the company then allegedly used to train its AI platform Llama.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

"It used to be quite a cheap night out, but we've seen that it's getting more and more expensive and it's just not something we feel we can keep doing on such a regular basis."

From BBC • May 5, 2026

There’s a stack of puzzle boxes in the closet of the room that used to be his office.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison