Example Sentences

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The school district has been making headlines as a state and national leader in student performance gains, and it has been upgrading and replacing its aging campuses to help advance that growth.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

It has a 4% dividend yield and has been making ample stock buybacks, which could eventually lift the share price.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

While Anthropic is generally considered a leader in selling to enterprises, OpenAI has been making inroads.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Toto isn’t new to the electrostatic-chuck game, with the Financial Times reporting that the company has been making them for over 40 years.

From MarketWatch • May 2, 2026

The biologic science of recent years has been making this a more urgent fact of life.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas