Y
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It sold nearly 852,000 Chinese-made Model Y and Model 3 EVs in 2025, down 7% from a year before.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
Developers want to build the new centre between Caernarfon and Y Felinheli in Gwynedd, saying it could create more than 900 jobs during construction and a further 200 permanent roles.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
That happened in the 1914 storms, to the bridges criss-crossed by streetcars and railroads, and to the famous pigeon farm that stood at the Y where the Arroyo Seco joined the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
“There was this guy one time that ejected and got X, Y or Z.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
And every night, as the old man left for his room at the Y, he would grouse, “You oughta go to school.”
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
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As for millennials, if you’re looking to draw that line for the current crop of thirty-to-fortysomethings, the point that separates Gen Y’s art and all that came before, look no further than Lena Dunham.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
The Model Y’s pitch starts with an altogether reasonable price.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
The Model Y’s human-machine interface doesn’t include a typical gear selector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
More than 75,000 BYDs were sold in Mexico last year, according to Segment Y’s tally.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
Thanks to his long acquaintanceship with the locker room attendant, he and Maniac were privileged to continue using the Y’s shower facilities at their pleasure.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
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Still, Tesla could be raising prices because it sees strong demand for higher-end Model Ys.
From Barron's ● May 17, 2026
To doubters, Scaringe and his executives frequently point to the success of Tesla’s similarly sized and priced Model Y. Tesla sold nearly 360,000 Model Ys in the U.S. in 2025, making it America’s bestselling EV.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
One such lost city – Ys – was believed to lie in the Bay of Douarnenez, just a few kilometres to the east.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
There were 76 electric SUVs in 2020 before Tesla started producing Model Ys in China, with average annual sales amounting to just 3,000 units.
From Reuters ● May 8, 2023
It was a note, and it read: New CC was testing for undetected Ys, Os, Rs.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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Fill in 4 for all the y’s in Table 3.3 and then choose any values for x.
From Textbooks ● May 6, 2020
I should have typed ‘Hey’ with two y’s, not just one!’
From The Guardian ● Jan. 10, 2016
I could add and subtract and multiply and divide, but I entered the wilderness when words became equations and x’s and y’s.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 26, 2015
Her chromosomal structure, as a from-the-crypt voice tells us, isn’t so much a matter of the usual x’s and y’s as it is of z’s.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2011
Once the guppies turn into x's and y’s, my contacts fog.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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The original is as follows: “By commyxstion and mellyng furst wiþ danes and afterward wiþ Normans in menye þe contray longage ys apeyred, and som vseþ strange wlaffyng, chyteryng, harrying and garryng, grisbittyng.”
From The Guardian ● Aug. 15, 2019
“He sa ys he kno ws,” Helen told Theresa.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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Though that you do, yt ys no boote; Althoughe they cut me to the roote, Next yere againe I will be sene To bude my branches freshe and grene.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
Lyke strings well tuned in an unison, No discord harsh ys navell could untye.
From The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old by Charles G. (Charles George) Harper
Now ys ther non other say Of hyme to wyne the fyld þat day add.
From Torrent of Portyngale by Unknown