Example Sentences

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I gripped my TI-84 graphing calculator in outrage.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

The fear that using AI will “rot the human brain” is akin to the initial reluctance to allow graphing calculators in math classes, with teachers preferring graph paper instead.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 6, 2026

Statistics specializes in applying objective quantitative measures to understand data, but there is no substitute for actually graphing it out and getting a look at its shape and structure with one's own eyeballs.

From Scientific American • Sep. 7, 2023

Parents will pay more than ever for back-to-school supplies such as notebooks, pencils and graphing paper as spending jumps to record highs this summer, recent reports show.

From Washington Times • Jul. 20, 2023

The cicadas have started their trilling, and the bats swoop down and up as if graphing the bristling excitement.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez