as in solely
for nothing other than
his best paintings are the ones that he did exclusively for the sheer pleasure they gave him
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Recent Examples of exclusively
Last week, Rolling Stone exclusively revealed that the 2025 Latin Grammy Awards will be hosted by Maluma and Roselyn Sánchez.
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2025
And a report from private equity consulting firm Accordion exclusively shared with Forbes says that 97% of private equity firms expect the CFOs of their portfolio companies to always be ready for that next deal.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 4 Nov. 2025
The actresses, who star alongside each other in the Peacock miniseries, break down their characters in a new clip exclusively shared with PEOPLE.
—Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
His departure comes as Michael Michele, one of the series’ leads, exited late last week, as Deadline revealed exclusively.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2025
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2025
And a report from private equity consulting firm Accordion exclusively shared with Forbes says that 97% of private equity firms expect the CFOs of their portfolio companies to always be ready for that next deal.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 4 Nov. 2025
The actresses, who star alongside each other in the Peacock miniseries, break down their characters in a new clip exclusively shared with PEOPLE.
—Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
His departure comes as Michael Michele, one of the series’ leads, exited late last week, as Deadline revealed exclusively.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exclusively
Adverb
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But going into markets relying solely on territory pre-sales alone — once the norm at AFM — is today a rarity, with most packages having some financing already in place to mitigate risk — and jitters.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
10 Nov. 2025
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As part of the newsroom, all Alyssa’s work and coverage decisions are overseen solely by Journal Sentinel editors.—
Alyssa N. Salcedo,
jsonline.com,
10 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Not only is her delivery hilarious, but having Forest Whitaker’s daughter play an unabashed Hollywood nepo baby is a sly bit of meta casting that pays off big time here.—
Caroline Framke,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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The novel draws on the harrowing testimony of survivors and asks questions not only about the conflicting goals of justice, truth and reconciliation, but also about how one lives with the knowledge of crimes against humanity.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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The United States Supreme Court this week is considering the crucial constitutional argument of whether the president has the power to levy tariffs on foreign goods, or whether any such taxes on American consumers and businesses are purely in the purview of the Congress.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
7 Nov. 2025
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Here, however, Makowsky examines a purely ignoble figure who feels entitled without accomplishing a thing.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
6 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Leaders in Congress agreed and sent out armadas of patriot privateers to do just that, plundering British shipping around the Atlantic rim and forcing Royal Navy warships to redeploy to convoy duty.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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There are also just more bears these days.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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One director of the Innocenti, who came aboard in the mid-fifteen-hundreds, simply stopped assigning girls to outside domestic work, owing to rampant rape and abuse.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
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Surely there exist teenagers, as confounded by their classmates’ fascination with the number 67 as their parents, who simply Googled it.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
11 Nov. 2025
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