Example Sentences

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She said her employer had been supportive but "societally" she felt pressure to go back to work.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

“There’s obviously a whole range of things that AI can be applied to, and some are incredibly societally beneficial,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

They even sing to each other, their World War I-era characters sharing a love of American folk songs that gives them a societally acceptable passion to complement the one they can’t demonstrate.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025

“There was this refusal to acknowledge what was patently obvious to even someone who just looks at this thing: I don’t think this is a societally valuable way to travel,” Zipper said.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2025

He’s another person struggling to appear faultless to maintain some societally manufactured idea of male coolness.

From Salon • May 12, 2025