Example Sentences

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Some container shipping is going through the Panama Canal, which has reported increases in daily transits since the war, without specifying which types of ships.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Vance gave Tehran a final offer in the talks on Saturday, the US official said, without specifying details.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

The party said at the time it had other assignments for Ma, without specifying.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

"After investigation, preliminary findings suggest the cause was system malfunction," police added, without specifying how many cars were impacted.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

If genes were discrete particles specifying one trait, then how could this property be reconciled with the occurrence of human characteristics, say, height or skin color, in continuous curves?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee