Example Sentences

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“If still shut down this Friday, we will have reached nearly $1 billion in missed paychecks,” she said.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

In a few years, these transistors will measure just a few atoms across -- by which point, the miniaturization of the silicon technology currently used will have reached its physical limits.

From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2024

If confirmed, the reading of 30.2C in Northolt, west London means the mercury will have reached at least 30C in the UK for four days in a row.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2023

That would be the first time battery-powered cars and trucks will have reached that milestone in the country.

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2023

Now, Overton, I can let you sign, provisionally, to-day but I can't accept your friend, Terry, until to-morrow, when he will have reached the proper age for enlisting.

From Uncle Sam's Boys in the Ranks or, Two Recruits in the United States Army by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)