Example Sentences

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LACMA’s staff was elated, especially those who have been watching the project develop for decades and absorbing the large amounts of criticism that have accompanied its manifestation.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Allegations of profiteering have accompanied it from the start.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Hafsa said the well-wishes that have accompanied the donations arriving in Amazon packages were helping to keep her going.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

I can almost feel the satisfaction, the inward chuckle that must have accompanied the writing of it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

It is thus simple to test the claim that there was a Scientific Revolution in the seventeenth century by looking for the revolution in language that must have accompanied it.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton