Example Sentences

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“The jet stream in particular seems to have been becoming much more wavy.”

From Scientific American • Sep. 19, 2023

There are different types of mortgages - all of which have been becoming more costly in recent months.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2022

Trucks have been becoming more like cars for years and now include as many technical and luxury appointments as equivalently priced cars.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2020

So-called robo-advisors have been becoming more popular, Powell says.

From US News • Sep. 16, 2016

Older prophets like Thomas Carlyle expressed their contempt for the shallowness of this prevailing ideal, and during this century we have been becoming more and more doubtful of its value.

From The War and Democracy by