Example Sentences

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“Now that they’re back and seemingly healthy, we’re worried they will crowd us out,” said Bradley Graham, co-owner of the Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Investors fear that artificial-intelligence agents will take over tasks performed by traditional software companies, and that competition from Anthropic, OpenAI and new AI startups will crowd the software market.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Military top brass, political elites and ordinary party members will crowd Pyongyang for the twice-a-decade gathering, with supreme leader Kim Jong Un taking centre stage.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

“It eventually will crowd out resources that can be spent on other high-priority government investments,” said Rachel Snyderman, a senior associate director of the Bipartisan Policy Center, a Washington think tank.

From New York Times • May 20, 2023

Soon the door will open, and in will crowd a horde of snide and treacherous little girls, whispering and pointing, and I will be servile, grateful.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood