Example Sentences

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The prosecutor's office needs now to decide whether inventing the honours artificially boosted Montaclair's career.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

The FTC accused pharmacy-benefit managers, including CVS’s Caremark, of artificially inflating insulin prices; Caremark denied wrongdoing.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Powell downplayed the fears about the jobs market posed by February’s slower-than-expected payroll numbers, saying that strikes and bad weather had artificially lowered that month’s jobs figures by a hefty 80,000.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

Many economists believe, for instance, that a quirk in how the CPI accounted for missing data during last year’s government shutdown will artificially lower the consumer-inflation metric’s 12-month rate until April.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Miss New Mexico adopted a fake-cheery voice and an artificially wide smile.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray