Y

Example Sentences

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The Rams will go for it on fourth, on long, on any day of the week ending in a Y.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

The Y chromosomes in the Belgian remains were all characteristic of hunter-gatherers, but three-quarters of the mitochondrial DNA lineages had come from Neolithic farmers living further south.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

A Y junction was the original shape of the line as envisaged in the first plans for a line from London to Birmingham that branched to Manchester and Leeds.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Altman compensated early employees with shares of Y Combinator, the venture firm he ran.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

To me that Y looked like the newly born horse standing up on his thin legs.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech