Example Sentences

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As good as both teams’ hitters have been performing this season, these two pitchers were throwing at a level that even major-league scouts could appreciate.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

The country’s stocks have been performing even better than in the U.S., where the S&P 500 rose 14% over the same period.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

The idea of a momentum strategy is to ride along with groups of stocks that have been performing well lately.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 30, 2026

Since the 1990s, doctors have been performing medical keratopigmentation for people born without irises and certain other eye conditions.

From Salon • May 4, 2025

But we have been performing such experiments for only some thirty years.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan