Example Sentences

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Even with the bevy of options and tools we have abetted around dating, singles from their 20s to their 40s told me that finding meaningful, long-term relationships is becoming harder than ever.

From Slate • Nov. 9, 2024

Global immigration patterns have abetted a new dynamic.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2023

“I continue to be bewildered and angry at your apparent inability to see the gravity of the situation you have abetted, and act on it,” the letter reads.

From Washington Post • Jun. 12, 2019

Pearce died in 2008, and his daughter, Vivian, told the Marshall Project that she didn't believe her father would have abetted false testimony.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2014

I yielded with reluctance to the instruction of a Manchester economist in my carriage, and denied them, when I would so much rather have abetted them in their wicked attempts on our pockets.

From Seven English Cities by Howells, William Dean