Example Sentences

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The dollar’s secret sauce is the compounding network effect of a world that prices, borrows, hedges, and settles in one currency.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

While “Is God Is” borrows from some of those films, it’s not trying to show off.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

He speculated that Reform's proposals could involve something like the "mutual investment model" - where the private sector borrows up front and the Welsh government pays back over time.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

He also said that under private-equity ownership, both companies have paid out significant sums via dividend recapitalizations, a type of transaction in which a company borrows money and pays it back to their shareholders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

At the party, at the corrugated tin shack of Maria Isabel’s cousin, Jasmin eats chicken, tries to blow up a red balloon, and borrows a pink bike with training wheels.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario