Example Sentences

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Tough water-quality rules are straining its wastewater plants, and it has been considering an expensive upgrade at one of them.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

The administration has been considering new national-security tariffs on a half-dozen industries, including large-scale batteries and telecom equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Trump has been considering candidates for Fed chair that include White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett and former Fed governor Kevin Warsh to succeed Powell, whose term as chair ends in May.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025

The Welshman has been considering having lens replacement surgery but has postponed it three times, most recently in November, mainly because he keeps winning.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

And he has been considering the example of his future father-in-law, Daniel Chalmers, a Baptist missionary to the Philippines who ended up building power plants there and making a small fortune.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times