Example Sentences

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For instance, when hotel guests learned about energy conservation norms—specifically, what percentage of previous guests had recycled towels—their own energy conservation greatly increased.

From Scientific American • Jan. 18, 2021

Most of the abstracts were rejected; in some of the instances in which authors had recycled their own text, the abstracts were demoted to posters.

From Nature • Mar. 26, 2019

The defender met Mark Noble’s cross, after West Ham had recycled a corner, with astonishing power and he brought the precision, too.

From The Guardian • Oct. 26, 2016

With no guidelines from government or international institutions, the banks had recycled petrodollars through loans especially to Latin America; a favorite recipient was Mexico.

From Salon • Oct. 3, 2015

Discarded, the plastic mask had recycled itself, turning into pink dust, which the carpet in the elevator was already filtering away.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld