as in intentionally
with full awareness of what one is doing
the real estate agent purposely withheld information that would have discouraged us from buying the property
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Recent Examples of purposely
Modern classics, such as the mahogany runabouts from builders like Grand Craft and Hacker, are purposely designed to look like boats from the 1930s.
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Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2025
Prouse's priority was to avoid any child feeling labeled or purposely assigned to a table that wasn't as academically strong.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Taken together, Showing Up and Night Moves thematically foreshadow Reichardt’s critique of James in The Mastermind by purposely pushing real-world problems to the margins.
—Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
In fact, the camera almost seems to purposely tilt up to reveal the second exit sign above her head, as if to call attention to it.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025
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Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2025
Prouse's priority was to avoid any child feeling labeled or purposely assigned to a table that wasn't as academically strong.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Taken together, Showing Up and Night Moves thematically foreshadow Reichardt’s critique of James in The Mastermind by purposely pushing real-world problems to the margins.
—Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
In fact, the camera almost seems to purposely tilt up to reveal the second exit sign above her head, as if to call attention to it.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025
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Sanders has since been charged with intentionally abandoning a child younger than 15 without intent to return, a third-degree felony charge in Texas, according to court documents.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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In February 2025, umpire Pat Hoberg was fired by MLB for sharing his legal sports gambling accounts with a friend who bet on baseball games and for intentionally deleting electronic messages pertinent to the league’s investigation.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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With this in mind, Browning deliberately worked to humanize the actors.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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The chase ended in shocking fashion when an off-duty officer in a Toyota Camry veered into the biker’s path, deliberately collided with him and sent him and his motorcycle soaring into the air.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
Mercury News,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Purposely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purposely. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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