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Example Sentences
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SpaceX’s upcoming IPO could be different—this is an Elon Musk company, after all.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Algorithms, after all, give these priests an incentive to be flashy and address controversies.
From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026
He had a dream to take the boat back to the Netherlands and show them it was still going after all these years, and that is what inspired the present voyage.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Turns out those older fans may have been on to something after all.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
He walked at a fast clip, feeling quite excited because this was, after all, an excursion into the unchartered and unfamiliar.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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