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the real estate agent purposely withheld information that would have discouraged us from buying the property
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Intoxication Consuming large amounts of nutmeg, or purposely using it for recreational drug purposes, is a dangerous practice.
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Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 5 Dec. 2025
No one was ever held criminally responsible for the tragedy, and Burrowes alleged in The Reckoning that Combs purposely did not own Bad Boy Entertainment when it was created in 1993 to avoid paying the victims.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
But some of the most remarkable series this year are purposely, even sometimes stubbornly, refusing to reinvent any wheels.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
My Esther is purposely the embodiment of the Queen Esther she is named for—the Esther of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament.
—Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
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Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 5 Dec. 2025
No one was ever held criminally responsible for the tragedy, and Burrowes alleged in The Reckoning that Combs purposely did not own Bad Boy Entertainment when it was created in 1993 to avoid paying the victims.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
But some of the most remarkable series this year are purposely, even sometimes stubbornly, refusing to reinvent any wheels.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
My Esther is purposely the embodiment of the Queen Esther she is named for—the Esther of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament.
—Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
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“Purposely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purposely. Accessed 10 Dec. 2025.
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purposely
adverb
pur·pose·ly
ˈpər-pəs-lē 
: with a clear or known purpose
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