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year

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as in day

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Recent Examples of year Earlier this month, a drone struck a truck belonging to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) carrying 50 tons of relief supplies for displaced families — the second such incident involving a UNHCR aid truck this year, according to the agency. — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 20 July 2026 Despite the cautions, the 39-year-old South Fulton mom had the rare distinction among new parents of getting a full nights rest soon after her son, Asher, was born. — Roni Robbins, AJC.com, 20 July 2026 Argentina were carried to Sunday’s final by a wave of emotion and by the genius of their 39-year-old captain. — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 20 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for year

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But its crude imports have fallen dramatically during the course of the war, tumbling below 8 million barrels per day from more than 12 million a day before the war, according to maritime data company Signal Ocean Research.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
The following auction climbed further, to just over $329 per megawatt-day for 2026/2027, the market's price cap for a second consecutive year.

— Anna Demeo, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

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Available listings in June increased by only 4% versus the same period last year, Rollins indicated.

— Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
Villa’s scouting department had tracked Mbaye closely for a long period, with the club holding talks across different windows.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 22 July 2026

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The rental is free for six months, which is the typical length of time a bassinet is used before the baby is too big for it or is able to get onto their hands and knees independently.

— Roni Robbins, AJC.com, 20 July 2026
After a strong start to the tournament, the reigning champions teetered on the brink of elimination throughout the knockout stage, trailing Egypt and England until the closing stages, needing extra time to overcome Cape Verde and Switzerland.

— Oliver Kay, New York Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of time

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Republicans are leaning into immigration enforcement as one of their top campaign issues this midterm cycle - despite a rocky start to the year for messaging on the president's top policy.

— Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 17 July 2026
Hands-on combat testing is expected to shorten development cycles and improve validation of laboratory results.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026

Definition of cycle

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Nearly half of all new clients belonged to the millennial or Gen Z generations, and online sales continued to serve as the primary entry point for first-time buyers and bidders, accounting for 63 percent of all new clients.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026
There were also fears that younger generations viewed going to theaters as hopelessly outdated — a throwback to a time before thousands of movies and shows could be accessed on demand from home.

— Brent Lang, Variety, 15 July 2026

Definition of generation

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During the pilots era, Zucker was EP on the likes of CBS’s crime series Numbers and legal drama The Good Wife, and also worked on cable shows including Gettysburg, Killing Lincoln and Klondike.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 July 2026
In fact, some scientists think that life on Earth could've been sparked by asteroids delivering the materials for life via such collisions during an era where our planet was heavily bombarded by such objects around four billion years ago.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 15 July 2026

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