Example Sentences

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“Strategy” is explaining how you intend to find or create the leverage to realize them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Standing outside his mobile dressing room in a car park on the outskirts of Cardiff, the co-creator of Gavin & Stacey is explaining why the sitcom is ending after 17 years.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2024

Robert Downey Jr. is explaining how Kevin Feige persuaded him to return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Doctor Doom.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2024

In Kennedy’s video, he is explaining all of this to Roseanne Barr.

From Slate • Aug. 10, 2024

Back in Lucinda’s bedroom, Mami is explaining that Lucinda has only gotten a visitor’s visa, so she doesn’t have to be a maid, after all.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez