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as in specifically
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Recent Examples of expressly
The result was that the Latin Mass was relegated to a very limited number of churches, with it often only being offered by priests belonging to specific orders expressly devoted to it.
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Peter Pinedo, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Jane Lyons, assistant U.S. attorney, argued that the White House was in full compliance, and that the new policy expressly says that an outlets’s viewpoint was no longer a factor in eligibility.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 18 Apr. 2025
Indeed, going to the movies expressly to go buck wild should have a valid place in the spectrum of theater-going experiences.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2025
In creating the current statutory scheme, Congress made clear that the STB’s jurisdiction over rail transportation and the remedies provided under the law is exclusive, expressly preempting other remedies under federal or state law.
—Glenn G. Lammi, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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Peter Pinedo, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Jane Lyons, assistant U.S. attorney, argued that the White House was in full compliance, and that the new policy expressly says that an outlets’s viewpoint was no longer a factor in eligibility.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 18 Apr. 2025
Indeed, going to the movies expressly to go buck wild should have a valid place in the spectrum of theater-going experiences.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2025
In creating the current statutory scheme, Congress made clear that the STB’s jurisdiction over rail transportation and the remedies provided under the law is exclusive, expressly preempting other remedies under federal or state law.
—Glenn G. Lammi, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expressly
Adverb
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Others, such as New Jersey, have created protocols specifically for getting people with upcoming travel plans their new IDs quickly.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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Authors of the study attributed the country's overall decrease in mortality rates to national improvements in sanitation, tobacco policies and health care, specifically calling out the progress made in terms of preventing cardiovascular disease, cancer and other illnesses since 1900.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
29 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Cooper Quintin, a senior staff technologist with Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit digital rights group, said Palantir's work has long raised concerns by so effectively collating public databases with things like Facebook tracking and even shopper reward cards.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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With the Mafia circling, studio heads panicking, and even Frank Sinatra walking a tightrope between friendship and fallout, the stakes skyrocket.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
2 May 2025
Adverb
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Robinson’s brand of middle-class psycho surrealism works perfectly in bite-size sketch-comedy doses.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
24 Apr. 2025
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The popular style is all about big and chunky belts, so this set of three woven ones fits the bill perfectly.—
Michelle Tchea,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Apr. 2025
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Can hospital patients and the elderly be efficiently ferried to the bunkers that have been built specially for them?—
Jessi Jezewska Stevens,
The Dial,
24 Apr. 2025
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Choose products specially formulated for dry and/or curly hair.—
Heather Jones,
Verywell Health,
22 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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The outright comedy relief (notably Milo Mechem-Miller and Christopher Burnside as Bill-and-Ted-like sidekicks to the Prince) doesn’t quite work; ditto the attempt to paint Snow, the Prince and their friends in flippant modern-youth terms, while simultaneously selling classic fairy-tale romance.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
2 May 2025
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Most notably, then-chief executive officer Jack Heuer helped redefine the world of sports marketing in motorsport.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
2 May 2025
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“Expressly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expressly. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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