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year

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Recent Examples of year The International Monetary Fund expects the Iranian economy to contract by more than 5% this year, while inflation for food exceeds 100% and unemployment rises. — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026 The Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine -- European leaders joined President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Monday for official celebrations marking Ukraine’s Independence Day as Russia pushes on with its 4-year-old invasion of the country. — ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026 Fils also won his only previous meeting with Tiafoe in Miami last year, also in three sets. — Jeff Wallner, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026 Morris has held other leadership roles in education before stepping into her current position, first leading the school’s Dallas-area campus in Irving, Texas, then returning to the Atlanta area last year to lead the campus in Decatur. — Carson Bonner, AJC.com, 17 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for year

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But Moores would express misery in recalling ballpark-construction hassles and MLB politics that frustrated his advocacy of small-market clubs and game-day affordability.

— Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
However, parents should be extra vigilant because this is also an accident-prone day for your kids.

— Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of day

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Nance co-authored a research letter in JAMA Pediatrics finding that the number of states where guns were the leading cause of death for children and teens increased from zero over the period 2004 to 2008 to 24 from 2019 to 2023.

— Yona Gavino, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026
In that period between 2016 and 2021, 878 players died, of whom 235 brains were donated for examination.

— Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of period

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New Florida women’s soccer coach Nick Zimmerman wasted little time signaling better days are ahead — much sooner than anyone expected.

— Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026
Lanterns wastes little time explaining this backstory ad nauseam and instead creates an immediately inviting dynamic between him and Hal, who comes to him demanding information on Manhunters.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of time

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Scientists have previously linked this missing rock record to several processes, including tectonic activity associated with supercontinent cycles and ancient glaciation.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
Wang Zhao | Afp | Getty Images Cheris said price premiums for American products are often not worth it for Chinese consumers, and Chinese brands often have a fast innovation cycle and better distribution within the region.

— Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of cycle

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Jerry’s arrival ushered in one of the greatest eras in NBA history.

— Law Murray, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Once a fixture of the American experience, the custom of collectively huddling around the cathode-ray hearth has largely been supplanted by the isolationist practices of the smartphone era.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 19 Aug. 2026

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