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Example Sentences

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His name - and those of his three children - had been struck off the electoral rolls despite valid documents, including his passport and service records.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

While the bid might fail, it raises valid questions and makes the case for significant changes, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

While that is a valid objection, especially for calculations of the 1-year real yield, it seems unlikely that the war will have a significant impact on average inflation over the next decade.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

DeShazier’s point is that the assumptions about Black and brown unity often made by liberals, or the ways Black people and Latinos are grouped together as people of color, are not always valid.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

And of course facts and theories have an intimate relationship: what counts as a fact depends on the theories you hold, and whether a theory appears to be valid depends on the facts you acknowledge.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton