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Recent Examples of aggressively
Companies are aggressively rolling out AI applications based on these models for real world uses.
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John Liu, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
There’s a possibility that Takaichi is going to move very aggressively.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026
Grassley said the Arctic Frost timeline, starting with the FBI under Thibault in 2022 and expanding under Smith, raises questions about how aggressively federal investigators pursued Republican lawmakers and organizations while shielding the process from oversight.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 10 Feb. 2026
Paramount is aggressively lobbying them to vote no and, meanwhile, to tender their WBD shares to Paramount.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2026
Since 1974, when the United States began opening its economy more aggressively to global trade, the Trade Adjustment Assistance program has helped more than 5 million people with retraining, wage insurance, and relocation grants, at a cost in recent years of roughly half a billion dollars annually.
—Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
Roughly 40 percent of advertisers were first-time Super Bowl participants, underscoring how aggressively companies are pursuing cultural visibility — even as many organizations still struggle to translate cultural moments into sustained growth.
—Christopher Vollmer, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
An alum of Sac State, Wood has since becoming the university’s president in summer 2023 aggressively pursued moving the Hornets from the Football Championship Division (FCS) to the higher-level Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 8 Feb. 2026
Stanford recruited Jones aggressively to stay for a fifth year when other programs tried to lure him into the transfer portal after his senior season.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2026
John Liu, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
There’s a possibility that Takaichi is going to move very aggressively.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026
Grassley said the Arctic Frost timeline, starting with the FBI under Thibault in 2022 and expanding under Smith, raises questions about how aggressively federal investigators pursued Republican lawmakers and organizations while shielding the process from oversight.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 10 Feb. 2026
Paramount is aggressively lobbying them to vote no and, meanwhile, to tender their WBD shares to Paramount.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2026
Since 1974, when the United States began opening its economy more aggressively to global trade, the Trade Adjustment Assistance program has helped more than 5 million people with retraining, wage insurance, and relocation grants, at a cost in recent years of roughly half a billion dollars annually.
—Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
Roughly 40 percent of advertisers were first-time Super Bowl participants, underscoring how aggressively companies are pursuing cultural visibility — even as many organizations still struggle to translate cultural moments into sustained growth.
—Christopher Vollmer, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
An alum of Sac State, Wood has since becoming the university’s president in summer 2023 aggressively pursued moving the Hornets from the Football Championship Division (FCS) to the higher-level Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 8 Feb. 2026
Stanford recruited Jones aggressively to stay for a fifth year when other programs tried to lure him into the transfer portal after his senior season.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aggressively
Adverb
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There’s a dusty cloud surrounding the central, contracting star, and that cloud is strongly suspected to be disk-like, with outflows and gaps in the dust in the two directions perpendicular to the disk.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Feb. 2026
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Adding in these 20-year findings strongly suggests that engagement in cognitive training does no harm and may confer substantial benefit.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
10 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Taste and add salt and pepper; the milk should be assertively seasoned.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Nov. 2025
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These early reports highlight how the mode may behave more assertively than before.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Carreras scored the crucial opening goal, determinedly driving into the box and finishing in an individual flourish that unlocked the match in the 65th minute.—
Mario Cortegana,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Miya’s landlord was able to remediate the restaurant’s building and Tewasart determinedly reopened in May, when at first there were few customers around to serve.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The year is 1961, and the jazz legend (played flawlessly by Norway’s Anders Danielsen Lie) is firmly in the grip of a raging heroin addiction, having acquired a taste for the destructive street drug made inexplicably romantic in postwar boho circles.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026
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Rooted firmly in rock, her sound reflects inspiration from No Doubt and The Rolling Stones while maintaining a style that is distinctly her own.—
Kristen Wisneski,
Billboard,
13 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Directed by Felix van Groeningen, the film is resolutely hard-nosed but not without moments of levity and an ultimately redemptive arc for its young lead.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Jan. 2026
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Half His Age is resolutely not one of these books.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
27 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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During that time, a self-effacing marksman named Simo Häyhä, a sniper so grimly effective he was known and feared as the White Death, would prove invaluable to the Finns’ ability to hold off the Soviet advance.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
30 Jan. 2026
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By this time, European leaders had become grimly familiar with friendly fire from their American ally.—
Jonathan Lemire,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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One kind of viciously efficient profit motive was seeking the destruction of a somewhat different business mode.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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For many, qualifying will represent the fruition of a lifelong, viciously competitive goal.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
20 Jan. 2026
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The mineral- and woody-scented blend recreates the scent of breaking waves and driftwood for a result that’s fresh, earthy, and decidedly gender-neutral.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
9 Feb. 2026
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Harper and Yasmin have said goodbye to their spectacularly misspent youths, but their daddy issues—another of the show’s pet themes—are decidedly unresolved.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Aggressively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aggressively. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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