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Example Sentences

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The no-nonsense police statement is a bluntly worded news earthquake: "The man remains in police custody at this time."

From BBC

“Zero-sum-game thinking is really just another word for rotation trade,” Savage added.

From MarketWatch

In other words, your teens and 20s are spent connecting the brain, and your 30s are about settling down and maintaining your most used routes.

From Science Daily

"It's an absolutely staggering amount," said Yokoyama, adding that he was lost for words to express his gratitude.

From Barron's

“I’m hesitant to use words like catastrophic, but it probably would be catastrophic,” says Tapio Schneider, a professor at the California Institute of Technology.

From The Wall Street Journal