Example Sentences

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Since the union’s first strike in 2023, members’ average salary will have increased 54%, Arias said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

There are no guarantees, and I’m assuming that close to 100% of your $3 million is in stocks, given that this sum will have increased in the next three years.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 23, 2026

When it opens – in about ten years – that much-needed rail capacity between the south and Birmingham will have increased significantly.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2024

If approved, the budget will have increased spending by about a trillion yen from the previous year for an unprecedented two consecutive years.

From Reuters • Aug. 31, 2023

If you remember every word in this book, your memory will have recorded about two million pieces of information: the order in your brain will have increased by about two million units.

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