Sentence examples for an figure from inspiring English sources

The phrase "an figure" is not correct in written English.
The correct article to use before "figure" is "a" because "figure" begins with a consonant sound.
Example: "I saw a figure in the distance that looked familiar."
Alternatives: "a number" or "a shape".

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Kopper, 37, was an figure in the company's global-finance unit who became a close aide to Enron ex-Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fastow.

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Or a figure, an eminence.

A figure, a man, head down.

She is primarily a figure and a landscape painter.

Such a figure is called a spheroid.

"He's a figure".

And with a figure.

A figure is expected early this year.

So Dario was a figure.

"He really cut a figure.

A figure below 50 usually indicated contraction.

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