Example Sentences

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Observed industrial output came in weaker, while expectations for future production also fell.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Observed on the last Monday of May each year, Memorial Day honors and mourns the military personnel who died both during wartime and times of peace.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

Observed weight changes generally fall within normal day to day fluctuations.

From Science Daily • Feb. 22, 2026

Stephen said that among the uncollected poems are some of the "first he ever published using his own name in the Belfast Telegraph, called Turkeys Observed, which wouldn't have appeared in any earlier editions".

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025

"Negative, Flight. We're tracking them with SatCon. Observed position is consistent with the course change."

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir