Example Sentences

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The closures Mr. Fryer describes are symptoms of deeper structural failure: an education and workforce training system built for a 20th-century economy, not the AI-driven, globally competitive economy of today.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Taken together, these developments point toward the gradual emergence of a parallel financial system built around crypto firms performing bank-like functions.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

“It is a system built to make people break down.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

In a system built on layered review, preserving a path to Supreme Court review keeps open a forum of last resort in cases where liberty depends on whether the courthouse door has closed forever.

From Slate • Jan. 10, 2026

I had my own surround-sound system built with old car speakers I’d salvaged from the junkers Abel kept in the yard, and I strung them up around the room.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah