Example Sentences

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As you go farther up the approval-ratings chart, you begin to see exceptions to the rule: George H. W. Bush’s approval ratings were still high in late 1991, but he lost.

From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2011

If opinion research firms conducted approval-ratings polls for baseball players, the Tigers’ Carlos Guillen would have suffered the steepest decline after Sunday’s game.

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2011