Example Sentences

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This year they will claim 3.3%; a decade from now, 4.6%.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

As businesses begin utilizing the OBBBA’s investment provisions, they will claim larger deductions and pay less tax in the years when they invest in machinery, equipment, software and research in the United States.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

If you say you like pancakes, someone else will claim you hate waffles.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

"He will claim vindication no matter what happens."

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

The ruse that will get him in the door is a fake bottle of medication, which Powell will claim was sent by Seward’s physician.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly