Example Sentences

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Many talented producers and creatives have, at least semi-permanently, gone overseas.

From The Guardian • Jan. 22, 2020

Midway through Obsidian Entertainment’s new role-playing shooter The Outer Worlds, I met a man miserably playing a corporate mascot, his head semi-permanently enclosed in a large, ghoulish moon mask.

From The Verge • Nov. 12, 2019

He’s adventurous, which she likes: Recently, they both got tooth jewelry — crystals semi-permanently attached to their teeth.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2018

An entire generation mortgaged their homes and their futures to put their kids through college, only to have them now camping out semi-permanently in the rumpus room.

From New York Times • May 28, 2016

It wasn't until IBM adopted the 101/102-key Model M keyboard in 1984 that Caps Lock became semi-permanently ensconced in its current location above the left Shift key.

From Slate • Dec. 16, 2010