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Noun
The Cavaliers could be one of those happy-to-be-there teams, where two or three wins in the first round might sate them. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2023 The Groundwork Pace shorts have a generous 7-inch inseam and a barely-there silicone band around the bottom inside of each leg to help hold them in place, and the high rise and wide, flat waistband means these are cemented to your body as the trail miles add up. Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 14 Mar. 2023 Then came the barely-there skin tints. Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Feb. 2023 In terms of down-there hair removal, getting a professional wax is one of the easiest and most effective ways to keep your bikini line smooth. Maddy Zollo Rusbosin, Women's Health, 28 Feb. 2023 See All Example Sentences for there
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Noun
  • Because the other topics in this section had not been updated since 2008, the decision was made to restore the Impeachment case back to its 2008 appearance.
    Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Aug. 2025
  • The track with a racing capacity of 146,000 could host 90,000 or more even with sections blocked off.
    Teresa M. Walker, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • It was directed at outfielder Juan Soto, the Washington Nationals star who is suddenly and famously on the trading block and could be headed to you-know-where.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2022
  • Because if not, then democracy in America is going down in a painful heap like a guy kneed in the you-know-where.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2021
Noun
  • In the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, a Russian glide bomb attack on a local penitentiary killed 17 inmates and wounded more than 80 others in one of the deadliest strikes in the region to date.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
  • At the very center of the galaxy is a nuclear starburst: a region of extreme star formation that is blowing material out of the galaxy.
    Rebecca McClain, Space.com, 31 July 2025
Interjection
  • That means that most of the neodymium, dysprosium, and terbium that end up in EV motors, drones, wind turbines and even smartphones ... well, depending on supply and demand or even geopolitical landscape, China basically makes the rules.
    Joe Salas July 19, New Atlas, 19 July 2025
  • While a certain amount of hyperbole is generally tolerated when chief executive officers of private companies tout their businesses and cite revenue figures that are, well, optimistic, things necessarily get real and the financials are laid bare when investors buy in.
    Evan Clark, Footwear News, 18 July 2025
Noun
  • For many of the giants in today’s tech and innovation sector, technology is by itself the solution to everything.
    Rob Day, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
  • Still, representatives for the for-profit sector participated in the federal rulemaking process and CECU abstained from filing a challenge against the final rule.
    Chris Quintana, USA Today, 26 July 2025
Interjection
  • And then, oh, my gosh, the brother of the person that's in the lake works at the boathouse in Lexington.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 July 2025
  • The jalapeno pesto it’s bathed in transports the dish from ho-hum to oh, yum!
    Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 17 July 2025

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