Example Sentences

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What separates friend-of-friend from stranger-I-probably-shouldn’t-transact-with and personal from merchantlike quickly becomes very blurry.

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2015

At the first glance, this transaction seemed merchantlike and fair.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron