Example Sentences

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The high cost of living — with escalated price tags on everything from gas and groceries to housing and healthcare — is weighing on workers.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

“But the prospect of a prolonged period of elevated oil prices is weighing more broadly this morning.”

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Now, Ottawa is weighing whether to move forward at all.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

The Federal Aviation Administration, a DOT unit, has been scrutinizing Boeing after a string of earlier safety and quality lapses, and is weighing whether to approve the company’s new aircraft designs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

If she is weighing temporal against spiritual values, it can be only in a symbolic sense, because nothing about the figure or the setting betrays a sense of conflict.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson