Example Sentences

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The defence also called multiple witnesses, including students, and track coach Adam Linwood, who said Anthony had been nominated for the role of team captain.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Trump nominated Matsumoto, who has been on loan for the past year as a senior economist at the Council of Economic Advisers, in January.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

It sucks now because I’m like, “That’s all they know me for. Not ‘Crash,’ not ‘World Trade Center,’ not all the movies that were nominated, this and that.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The weekend after I was nominated, I tried to go to the grocery store.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Only Byerley could possibly have been nominated a week earlier.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov