Example Sentences

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The "covered-up" image of a nude artefact has been withdrawn from an Indian school textbook after it sparked a massive backlash from historians and educationists.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026

Also called Mara Salvatrucha, historians say, MS-13 began in the Pico-Union neighborhood of Central L.A. in the late 1980s.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Keen-eyed fashion historians noticed that the late British singer and actor Jane Birkin caused a stir by wearing an almost identical dress to a Paris gala in 1969 with her then-partner Serge Gainsbourg.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

This year we commemorate a war that might be remembered only by historians had Washington not won it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The suffrage movement was entering a phase that many historians refer to as “the doldrums.”

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling