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Example Sentences

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My parents both died when they were 76, five years apart.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

A deal between the two is far from finalized, and the talks could still fall apart, some of the people cautioned.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

After the dot-com crash, initial public offerings became much less common, hovering below 100 in most years apart from 2021, during the rebound following the Covid-19 pandemic.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

To demonstrate this precision, the researchers used a standard laser to create a microscopic monochrome portrait of Albert Einstein on a thin piece of the material, with points spaced just 700 nanometers apart.

From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026

He had torn things apart quite a bit—ripped one side off the burn enclosure—and I was having a bad day and it made me mad.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen