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How to use the word historic in a Sentence? Page #8

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The pandemic has really been a wake-up call to what people have been feeling for a long time, they're tired of the big cities, the high cost of living and the long commutes. With this offer, you can live in a beautiful, historic small town where everything is convenient and affordable.

Dan Gibson

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The judge’s decision is a historic milestone, both the state of Ecuador and the company are responsible, and are compelled, to provide reparations for the victims.

Ombudsman Freddy Carrion.For

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Understanding the African American lens on American history demonstrates the resilience of the African American community, people have struggled for their place in this democracy. It shows how there are historic issues of contemporary importance. Our generation is able to pick up its part in making this really a more perfect union for American communities at large.

Deirdre Cross

Found on CNN
3 years ago

To prudently manage the risk and the deposit requirements, we had to restrict buying in these 13 stocks, we're in a historic situation where there's a lot of activity and a lot of buying concentrated in a relatively small number of symbols that are going viral on social media. We haven't really seen anything like this before.

Vlad Tenev

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Throughout the peak season, the Postal Service, along with the broader shipping sector, faced pressure on service performance across categories as it managed through a record of volume while also overcoming employee shortages due to the ongoing surge in COVID-19 cases, winter storms in the Northeast, as well as ongoing capacity challenges with airlifts and trucking for moving historic volumes of mail.

The USPS

Found on CNN
3 years ago

This is historic snow.

National Weather Service

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

This argument has been roundly debunked from constitutional scholars from the left, right and center, it defies precedent, historic practice and basic common sense. It makes no sense whatsoever that a president or any official could commit a heinous crime against our country and then defeat Congress' impeachment powers by simply resigning.

Chuck Schumer

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

His confirmation is yet another historic step in his barrier-breaking career, and I look forward to working with Secretary Austin to protect our troops and safeguard our nation.

Tammy Duckworth

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Neither the president-elect, nor I, propose this relief package without an appreciation for the country’s debt burden. But right now, with interest rates at historic lows, the smartest thing we can do is act big, i believe the benefits will far outweigh the costs, especially if we care about helping people who have been struggling for a very long time.

Janet Yellen

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

I just get teary-eyed thinking about Kamala Harris becoming vice presidentand being there at this historic moment, but I don’t feel comfortable. I hope the incoming President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris areprotected, and that it goes well. I know we will all be safely athome and able to experience it. But not in person.

Rashida Tlaib

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

The bottom line is that in regard to marijuana, we care about what an athlete consumed the day of a fight, not days or weeks before a fight, which has often been the case in our historic positive THC cases, uFC athletes will still be subject to marijuana rules under various athletic commission regulations, but we hope this is a start to a broader discussion and changes on this issue with that group.

Jeff Novitzky

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Nearly 10 million California voters -- including the vast majority of app-based drivers -- passed Prop 22 to protect driver independence, while providing historic new protections, voters across the political spectrum spoke loud and clear, passing Prop 22 in a landslide. Meritless lawsuits that seek to undermine the clear democratic will of the people do not stand up to scrutiny in the courts.

Jim Pyatt

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Regardless of any developments, with Several Bush Cabinet nominees national security at stake, the pandemic costing thousands of lives every day, and Several Bush Cabinet nominees economy in a historic recession, there is absolutely no justification for Republicans to jeopardize the ability of the United States government to keep the American people safe, distribute vaccines, and put Americans back to work, many of these respected, qualified, crisis-tested nominees were announced in November, many have been previously confirmed, and their paperwork has been submitted. Several Bush Cabinet nominees look forward to continuing to work with both parties in good faith on timely confirmations.

Andrew Bates

Found on CNN
3 years ago

This is historic, the first union at a major tech company by and for all tech workers. We will elect representatives, we will make decisions democratically, we will pay dues, and we will hire skilled organizers to ensure all workers at Google know they can work with us if they actually want to see their company reflect their values.

Dylan Baker

Found on CNN
3 years ago

This season has been the most trying we will ever experience, and we felt it was appropriate to showcase LEO, which has carried us through one of the most historic years in Indiana football history, we did not intend to show any disrespect to anyone. We are a proud member of the Big Ten and are always representing our conference.

Tom Allen

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

I’m just glad that I’m able to play a part in this historic day.

May Parsons

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

I'm looking for quotes that become famous, important and historic( throughout the year) or quotes that say a lot about the nature of our culture and society at the time.

Fred Shapiro

Found on CNN
3 years ago

DOL officials told GAO that they have traditionally used this number as a proxy for the number of individuals claiming benefits because they were closely related, however, the number of claims has not been an accurate estimate of the number of individuals claiming benefits during the pandemic because of backlogs in processing a historic volume of claims, among other data issues.

The GAO

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

It is a historic moment for the Muslim community living in Athens, we have been waiting for this mosque for so long, thanks to God, finally, we have a mosque which is open and we can pray here freely.

Heider Ashir

Found on CNN
3 years ago

That would be historic, the number of people that are voting that are young is just incredible. We're talking about over 35% of people voting in the city are under 40.

Steve Adler

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Bennu continues to surprise us with great science and also throwing a few curveballs, although we may have to move more quickly to stow the sample, it's not a bad problem to have. We are so excited to see what appears to be an abundant sample that will inspire science for decades beyond this historic moment.

Thomas Zurbuchen

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We will defer to the lawful historic authority which is the county sheriff. He indeed is the commander of the local militia and when a situation erupts in which we would be deputized.

Norman Olson

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We can all agree that there is no better pairing than pretzels and beer, especially during Oktoberfest, and since this historic celebration was canceled in Germany and so many Oktoberfest celebrations are being held virtually in the states, we knew we needed to step in and offer a fun way for snackers and drinkers to still create an authentic experience at home.

Marcel Nahm

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Like many areas of the country, the City of London has a number of statues and other landmarks with links to the slave trade and historic racism, it's important that we acknowledge and address this legacy with openness and honesty, and carefully consider what should be done.

Caroline Addy

Found on CNN
3 years ago

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