Example Sentences

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These are families in which grandparents, other adult family members or close family friends are raising children, with no parents in the home.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Skeptics fear that these companies are raising money at a euphoric moment in public markets and further returns will be hard to come by.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Among other mitigation efforts, manufacturers are raising prices.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

The big ones are raising the threshold for the federal government to get involved in disaster recovery and shrinking the National Flood Insurance Program.

From Slate • May 21, 2026

I’m sure you, in your life, have occasionally wished to be raised by different people than the ones who are raising you, but knew in your heart that the chances of this were very slim.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket