Example Sentences

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Asked about Burnham's ambitions, Lord Hermer refused to engage in what he termed speculation.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Prosecutors had asked for a stiff sentence for what they termed a “massive fraud” that involved hundreds of thousands of victims.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

One commentator termed this stock melt-up the “bliss trade.”

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Brad Cox, who trains three of those horses, including Florida Derby winner Commandment and Blue Grass champion Further Ado, as well as the interesting long shot Fulleffort, termed the field “very competitive.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

They came to see him as something new under the sun, what in modern parlance might be termed a rowing “geek.”

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown