Example Sentences

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But whether those gains are broadly shared, and whether the workers whose careers are destroyed make successful transitions, these things do not depend on the technology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The leader of Glasgow City Council has said construction work on the Union Corner site destroyed by fire earlier this year might not begin for five or six years.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

It is nearly impossible to quantify how much oil demand has been destroyed during the war.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Radiation levels at the facility remained within normal limits following the attack, although the building's reception was "partially destroyed", according to Ukraine's Energoatom nuclear energy operator.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

If Phineas survived with a large piece of his cortex destroyed, then what does the cortex do?

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman