Example Sentences

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That is according to performance data going back to 1928.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

That is according to new estimates from Swiss investment firm Edmond de Rothschild, which compiles an annual list of the world’s top money managers based on their gains after fees in dollar terms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

Domaine Le Canadel in France is, according to Hello, “an enchanting and sprawling 425-acre Provence wine estate” that cost the Clooneys a reported $8.3 million.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025

This is according to research by US scientists, working in partnership with UK charity Blue Marine Foundation.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

Four arms spring from its summit: the nearest town to which these point is, according to the inscription, distant ten miles; the farthest, above twenty.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë