Example Sentences

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The full cost will unfold over decades as future capital-gains realizations occur outside Sacramento’s reach.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

What investors don’t know yet is how the Terafab project will unfold.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

It's also unclear how events will unfold in Venezuela now Maduro is no longer in charge.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

What comes next will unfold exactly as it needs to for the both of you to fulfill one of your highest purposes — which is to be honest with yourselves.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

Liszt and Wagner idolised Berlioz, which would explain much that happened in the second half of the nineteenth century, a torrid drama that will unfold in the next chapter.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall