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Example Sentences

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Aunque está por ver si la alcaldesa -y sus electores- cumplirán sus respectivas promesas, el comité organizador de París 2024 tiene muchos más asuntos que tratar.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2024

It’s another day ending in -y so Fortnite is having a new crossover event.

From The Verge • Aug. 12, 2021

There has been a bit of inconsistency with the spelling of Zoey’s name, but it is with a -y.

From The Guardian • Jan. 3, 2020

Well-established steps test for symmetry about an axis: replace x or y with -x or -y and then simplify the equation.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 10, 2018

Diminutives are also formed, in colloquial and familiar language, by adding -y or -ie to the names, as Charley, Mousie, &c.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various