The cat jumped onto the windowsill.

Meaning: This sentence describes a cat moving swiftly into the air and landing on the ledge of a window.

Choice of Words: Jumped means to move quickly into the air and land in a different place. Windowsill refers to the horizontal ledge at the bottom of a window. Together, the sentence describes the cat's action of leaping onto the ledge by the window.

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