Example Sentences

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It has broken down meticulously constructed networks of trust and generally slowed the response to the virus.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

Damodaran constructed his own valuation model by valuing each of SpaceX’s three business segments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

With this in mind, I constructed a list of low-volatility stocks that are currently popular among the investment newsletters that my performance auditing firms tracks.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

With Dataland, Refik and Erkılıç have constructed a conceptual defense against contemporary cultural anxieties, rejecting the narrative of machine versus human to reframe artificial intelligence as a mirror reflecting civilization.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Ancient sources talk about his perishing at sea for his impiety, or alternatively, say that the brotherhood banished him and constructed a tomb for him, expelling him from the world of human beings.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife