Example Sentences

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They could make use of powers to compulsorily purchase land where "reasonable efforts" do not lead to an an agreement with landowners.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

After two months, one employee began compulsorily turning off every light in the station.

From Salon • May 29, 2023

Seventy-five percent of them will be compulsorily retired after four years with no pension benefits.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2022

But the mood in Apple during that period was determinedly, almost compulsorily, free and easy.

From The Guardian • Mar. 28, 2020

Today the AT is a wilderness by design—actually, by fiat, since many of the properties Shaffer passed were later compulsorily purchased and quietly returned to woodland.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson