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Recent Examples of aggressively
Cedar Ridge Distillery refocused instead on Canada, shipping aggressively into Ontario and other provinces.
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Matt Egan, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
Falling off so aggressively immediately brought up the rumors about a head coaching change.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Schematically, Denver did a lot of stunting, tried out some zone looks and defended the ball more aggressively.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
But Gauff started more aggressively disrupting Pegula’s rhythm with her combination of heavy topspin and skidding slice, as well as acceleration and deceleration of the ball from groundstroke to groundstroke.
—James Hansen, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
This signals that Beijing isn’t easing policy as aggressively as before, despite the property slump.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
Will pretending to be so aggressively, performatively straight lead him to hate his true self?
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2025
The film is aggressively teal with a sallow greige (gray-beige) overcast.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
Larry Ellison is 81 and a tech billionaire best known for cofounding Oracle and now moving aggressively into media alongside his son David.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Matt Egan, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
Falling off so aggressively immediately brought up the rumors about a head coaching change.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Schematically, Denver did a lot of stunting, tried out some zone looks and defended the ball more aggressively.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
But Gauff started more aggressively disrupting Pegula’s rhythm with her combination of heavy topspin and skidding slice, as well as acceleration and deceleration of the ball from groundstroke to groundstroke.
—James Hansen, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
This signals that Beijing isn’t easing policy as aggressively as before, despite the property slump.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
Will pretending to be so aggressively, performatively straight lead him to hate his true self?
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2025
The film is aggressively teal with a sallow greige (gray-beige) overcast.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
Larry Ellison is 81 and a tech billionaire best known for cofounding Oracle and now moving aggressively into media alongside his son David.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aggressively
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Surveying 453 dog owners, scientists found that canines’ responses were strongly influenced by the type of stimuli—such as animals or objects—and their watching behavior, whether following the action or remaining still.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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Harrison Brunicke, the 19-year-old sensation the Penguins are strongly considering keeping at the NHL level all season, scored his first NHL goal to even the game in the second period.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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With the exception of SHoP’s assertively detailed, if financially troubled, extravaganza, the pall of clunkism has enveloped even projects that aspire to high design.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
22 Sep. 2025
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His confrontational style inspired a generation of young conservatives to assertively defend their values and to mock liberals, even in sometimes incendiary ways.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Two years on from the attacks, October 7 is an opportunity to recognize that authoritarianism is no longer creeping onward but rather marching determinedly.—
Aviva Klompas,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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The brand has been slowly but steadily growing its own store fleet — even as the sisters remain determinedly behind the scenes.—
WWD Staff,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
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As the controversy surrounding Allen, Mia, Dylan and Previn entered the spotlight again in the wake of the Time’s Up and #MeToo movements, Keaton — who was romantically involved with Allen prior to his relationship with Mia — stood firmly behind him.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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With summer firmly in the rearview mirror, the film industry is bringing out its biggest guns, and 2025 is set to go out with a bang.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
11 Oct. 2025
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Knox says that this scene ended up in the script after several discussions with Steinberg about making sure the story resolutely focused on the idea that humanity is all about change and growth.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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The show was also filmed in color at a time when British TV was resolutely black-and-white, meaning that fans had to imagine the vibrant green, orange, and yellow color schemes of Thunderbirds 2, 3, and 4, respectively, for themselves.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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The journey from there to the online affection for Luigi Mangione is a grimly straightforward one.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
16 Sep. 2025
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The $2 Billion Gamble Of Drug Discovery For any executive in the pharmaceutical or biotech space, the numbers are grimly familiar.—
Miguel Llorca,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Krasznahorkai was born in Hungary in 1954, two years before the Soviets viciously crushed an uprising in Budapest, and his first two novels are soaked through with an atmosphere of political terror.—
Walt Hunter,
The Atlantic,
9 Oct. 2025
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Sometimes, the truth is viciously fought over.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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Madison had a decidedly different reaction though.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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The hope now is that solid audience scores can make up for decidedly mixed reviews.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Aggressively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aggressively. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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