Example Sentences

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S&P Global’s Fawaz said that by early next month the world will have burned through 300 million barrels of oil stored for emergencies.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Every time you complete a weekly challenge you will have burned calories, improved your fitness level, and reminded yourself are still capable of doing some really cool things.

From Time • Oct. 23, 2014

Only 2,500 lbs. of its own fuel will have burned, and it will be moving so fast that its engine will have excellent propulsive efficiency.

From Time Magazine Archive

By that time, scientists predict, the sun will have burned up so much of its own hydrogen fuel that it will expand and incinerate the surrounding planets, including the earth.

From Time Magazine Archive

By then all the stars will have burned out and the protons and neutrons in them will probably have decayed into light particles and radiation.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking