Example Sentences

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With the vast majority of ballots counted, it looks like the diverse population of Colorado will have defeated the measure by a wide margin: 20 percentage points, at the time of this writing.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2020

If he defeats me he will have defeated all the chivalresque acts I have accomplished to my glory and honor.

From The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc by Rudder, Robert S.

When one will have defeated the other, of whom can he complain who has the worst of it?

From Four Arthurian Romances by Comfort, William Wistar