Example Sentences

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The Iranian people are asking us to honor these principles — not abstractly, but concretely.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026

"EDIP will reverse the importation practice long observed in Europe, to concretely support a ramping up of our industrial base," said one of the lead MEPs on the issue, Francois-Xavier Bellamy.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

"It is fascinating to concretely see how each new neutron-star observation enables us to deduce the properties of neutron-star matter with increasing precision."

From Science Daily • Dec. 28, 2023

“I can concretely say that I have not organized the rallies and neither has the family of Manuel Ellis,” Bible said.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2023

Eisman and his partners focused concretely on the people doing the borrowing and the lending.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis