Example Sentences

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It will mark the first time the group will have handed over dead hostages since the ceasefire began last month.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2025

The same is true for university students, many of whom will have handed in their final exam papers and be heading home for the summer.

From BBC • May 23, 2024

That, of course, won’t be until after this fall’s elections, when Camp will have handed his gavel on to someone else.

From Time • Feb. 26, 2014

But if all goes according to plan, Mr Geithner will not be around by then; he will have handed the reins to Jack Lew, currently the White House chief of staff.

From Economist • Jan. 17, 2013

By then, the generals say they will have handed power to a president expected to be elected in June.

From Reuters • Nov. 28, 2011