Example Sentences

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Individual traders are expected to play a crucial, though risky, role in powering a double-digit jump on listing day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The expected depletion date for the Hospital Insurance trust fund is 2033, at which point only 89% of benefits would be paid.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Because some of these replacement chemicals remain in the atmosphere for decades, TFA pollution is expected to continue increasing.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

Tech companies will spend as much as one trillion dollars on AI development next year, and expected productivity gains have helped push up shares of perceived AI winners.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Angela was looking around—from Katherine to Jonah to Chip—as if she expected one of them to ask another question.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix