Example Sentences

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The National Union of Students said the decision came as a "huge relief", and that not having to start repaying within months will have taken "pressure off their mental health".

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

The closing event, which finishes on Sunday, has been a sell-out and will have taken place on the longest two nights of the year, also known as the winter solstice.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

It will have taken at least 16 years to develop, build, and deploy a pistol.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2025

Many of them will have taken their GCSEs the first time around when grades were being brought down after the pandemic, leading to fewer passes.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2025

If there was poison in its bite, thought Septimus, the leather will have taken much of it.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman