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Example Sentences

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If that doesn’t seem like enough, the easy answer is to work a few more years.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

“Meaning” is the obvious answer, but other loyalties seem important: tone, clarity, the sound and cadence of the original, as well as readability and, in the case of drama, the demands of performance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

“They can seem so small and harmless, but even those little things add up. They’re felt. It’s part of feeling unsafe in the world.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

The jabs don’t seem to faze Gorka, who tells a story of standing outside the White House in January 2025, ready to swipe his badge the moment it was activated after Trump’s swearing-in.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026

Theo, whose entire point is that he makes life seem simple, that we never ask anything of each other.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse