Example Sentences

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The clean sheet will have put the icing on the result for Liverpool.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2023

By the time the clock rings out 2022, the tech-heavy Nasdaq will have put in one of its biggest annual declines in at least 14 years.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 2, 2023

“By the time I leave the mayoralty, I think we will have put the city on a very different course, certainly vis-à-vis screened schools,” Mr. de Blasio said in a news conference on Friday.

From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2020

If the Cowboys want to move on from Garrett, they will have put themselves a few days behind the other NFL teams arranging interviews for new coaches.

From Washington Times • Jan. 1, 2020

When you succeed in developing her into a respectable artiste you will have put the world in debt to you.

From Pandora's Box A Tragedy in Three Acts by Wedekind, Frank