Example Sentences

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Still, it’s a consistent dividend payer and raiser, yielding about 0.9%.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

After the women opened the season on Saturday with their giant slalom on the Austrian glacier, the men battled poor visibility and welcome wintry weather in their traditional curtain raiser.

From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025

It was a personal and at times touching five minute curtain raiser for the main event.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2023

As a wistfully ebullient orchestral curtain raiser, and one over in a flash, “Cool Cat” is well equipped to have a life of its own in various concert settings.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2023

“Just fine,” she said, and wondered who else in Maycomb still remembered Scout Finch, juvenile desperado, hell- raiser extraordinary.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee