Example Sentences

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Billions of cells are replaced every day; by some accounts, after 100 days, enough cells will have turned over to generate an entirely new person.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023

Roast for 25 minutes, at which point some of the cabbage will have turned soft and silky, and some of it will have crisped in the heat.

From Washington Post • Feb. 2, 2023

The list of 2023 inductees will be announced in May, when Nelson will have turned 90, and the induction ceremony will take place in the fall.

From Reuters • Feb. 1, 2023

This latest showing will have turned heads within the women's rugby community too.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2021

“For a thousand years it has not shown a leaf. In another thousand it will have turned to stone, the maesters say. Weirwoods never rot.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin