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as in then
in addition to what has been said
the owner of the restaurant is likewise the owner of the deli next door
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Relevance
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as in also
in like manner
I mind my own business, and you should do likewise
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Waukesha County has likewise struggled to maintain services, which in that case involves costs tied to the service of more than three dozen communities — many of which depend on the county's sheriff's department for law enforcement.
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Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Midwesterners should likewise venture to parks away from city lights, especially international dark sky areas like Illinois’ Middle Fork River Forest Preserve, Michigan’s Headlands International Dark Sky Park, and Wisconsin’s Newport State Park.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
Multiple monitoring groups and investigations have likewise pointed to a flood of disinformation campaigns with links to Russia.
—John E. Herbst, Time, 4 Oct. 2025
The pop singer and humanitarian Sting has likewise spoken out about this concept in the past when defending his performance in Uzbekistan in 2009.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
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Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Midwesterners should likewise venture to parks away from city lights, especially international dark sky areas like Illinois’ Middle Fork River Forest Preserve, Michigan’s Headlands International Dark Sky Park, and Wisconsin’s Newport State Park.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
Multiple monitoring groups and investigations have likewise pointed to a flood of disinformation campaigns with links to Russia.
—John E. Herbst, Time, 4 Oct. 2025
The pop singer and humanitarian Sting has likewise spoken out about this concept in the past when defending his performance in Uzbekistan in 2009.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
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And, most importantly, the only three teams in the previous three seasons to win a Division Series Game 1 on the road and then lose Game 2 — the 2022 Phillies, the 2023 Phillies and the 2024 Mets — all won the series.—
Ryan Ford,
Freep.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Contrast that with Robert Lewandowski, whose stutter, pause, judder, wait for the ’keeper to dive and then place it wide of the post didn’t work for Barcelona during their surprise defeat away to Sevilla a few hours later.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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The brand said in April 2021 that encrypted password information was also included within the leak, but the encryption keys to read those passwords weren’t accessed.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
6 Oct. 2025
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Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.—
Abigail Van Buren,
Arkansas Online,
6 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Scores of 183 and 54 against Sri Lanka A in July hardly did any harm, either.—
Sam Dalling,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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My wife doesn't like it either.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
7 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Every character is fully developed and has a why, and every backstory is so rich.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
6 Oct. 2025
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While Nashville has grown by leaps and bounds, so have its smaller surrounding cities, as people flock to the suburbs, eager to enjoy small-town charm while staying close to the conveniences of a major metro.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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And besides, Milan would have to do the running.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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But there’s a whole lot else going on here besides, beginning with that aforementioned lobby encounter between Mathias and blonde mystery woman Claude (Nadia Tereszkiewicz, more breathily reminiscent than ever of a younger Marion Cotillard).—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
27 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Unlike the neo-Leninist underground, moreover, dissidents had no desire to revive Bolshevik revolutionary traditions, with their ideological discipline, armed conspiracy, and noms de guerre.—
Benjamin Nathans
September 24,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
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All of this, moreover, while so many of us simply wish to mourn and honor our fallen friend.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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SpaceX additionally benefits from billions of dollars in contracts from NASA and the Department of Defense by providing launch services for classified satellites and other payloads.—
Eric Lagatta,
AZCentral.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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Kindt is additionally repped by Matt Sugarman and Bunnie Poullard of Weintraub Tobin and Charlie Olsen of InkWell Management.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Likewise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/likewise. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.
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