Example Sentences

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With foreign carriers prohibited from flying domestic U.S. routes, domestic fares have been kept artificially high even while load factors approached 85% just before the Iran war.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Some customers argue two-tier pricing could be artificially pushing up prices for all customers.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

The team says the findings may help advance efforts to artificially accelerate methane removal from the atmosphere.

From Science Daily • May 10, 2026

The companies’ intricate web of cross-shareholdings artificially inflated their share prices.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Blackwood was a stiff man and spoke artificially, as if he were addressing an audience through a microphone.

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen