Example Sentences

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That’s according to Deutsche Bank strategist Henry Allen, who is leaping to the defense of what some have termed complacent investors and markets when it comes to the Iran war.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026

Ukrainians have termed their own word for the barrage -- "Kholodomor", a reference to the Holodomor, the 1930s famine orchestrated by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin that Kyiv considers a genocide.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

South Korean police have since been investigating what local media have termed as the country’s worst data leak incident.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

Soon after “Signalgate,” as some have termed the scandal, came reports that Hegseth had brought his wife, a former Fox News producer, to attend two meetings with foreign officials at which sensitive material was discussed.

From Slate • Jul. 24, 2025

Human history at last took off around 50,000 years ago, at the time of what I have termed our Great Leap Forward.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond