Example Sentences

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Amid a loneliness epidemic and the loss of many other third spaces, consumer habits have been changing again.

From Slate • Dec. 22, 2025

The stock market always looks ahead, and investors can see that even affluent Americans have been changing their shopping habits and trying harder to get better prices.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 5, 2025

Car firms across the world have been changing their production lines as governments try to persuade people to drive greener cars to meet environmental targets.

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2024

The country has been hit by a severe drought, and the area’s rain patterns have been changing for the worse.

From NewsForKids.net • Nov. 16, 2023

Even over the lifetime of the human species—a few million years—constellations have been changing.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan