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Example Sentences

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“I was never the world’s biggest fan of the dot plot, but you can’t beat something with nothing,” then-chair Powell said in April.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

"It's not something you want to begin the year you want to retire," he says.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026

Having "something to lighten all the burdens that we're dealing with day by day is incredible," he said.

From Barron's • Jun. 14, 2026

But writing on food also speaks to the solipsism of our cultural times, where we place more value in something as an experience and are insistent on including ourselves in our writing.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2024

I should have looked up a prayer or something.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold