Example Sentences

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This is why the nation’s founders instituted religious freedom — they witnessed how Europe was torn apart by wars waged between different flavors of Christianity.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

They’re the individual worldviews of the houses’ founders.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Berry Park was already divided into holiday flats when the founders - including John, Nikki and two other families - bought it about five years ago, forming a limited company in which members buy equity.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Staff who previously hunted for iconoclastic founders with promising startups were sent to find AI data-center sites, the energy needed to power them and the chips to run them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Three of the scheduled anointed speakers did not show, among them church founders Rev. Thomas McNair, my godfather, and Sister Virginia Ingram, both having pleaded illness or scheduling conflicts.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride