Example Sentences

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Earlier this year, S&P had considered allowing megacap companies into the index six months after their IPO dates.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

She said that she had considered voting for a rise in borrowing costs at the April meeting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

All he had considered was his reflexive hatred of regulation — regulations that promote well-being; taxes that help communities.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

Alex had been active on a Facebook group with thousands of women discussing travelling across Europe for the procedure - and had considered going abroad herself.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

At the end of a decade or more of intensive chemical control, entomologists were finding that problems they had considered solved a few years earlier had returned to plague them.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson