Example Sentences

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To support the $1.77 trillion valuation Elon Musk’s SpaceX is targeting in its initial public offering, bankers are telling investors to look to the future.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Now I just have to get better and do what the doctors are telling me.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

“We’re going with what the market is telling us rather than what the economists are telling us.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

Meanwhile, he said chief executives are telling him that "flat is the new up".

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

Axel wants to run straight down there, demand to be seen and told the truths that they are telling each other, but he isn’t Aunt Nancy.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers