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Recent Examples of that
Adjective
That's why makes Seattle's decision to part ways with Martinez that much more befuddling. Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025 Those $1 billion-plus prizes on all the ads only pay out that much, in total, if the winner chooses to receive their winnings in the form of a smaller annual payment spread out over decades – which virtually no one does. Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025 As both a former critic and a current filmmaker, Levack feels that deeply. Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025 The expected utility—that is, the insights and advantages a buyer hopes to extract—largely dictates the price ceiling. Seth Joseph, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for that
Recent Examples of Synonyms for that
Adverb
  • Miami’s play was so decisively putrid that the 33-8 loss to the Colts seemed almost a blessing because the game felt so much more lopsided than that.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The series has so far been responsible for 51 seasons during its nearly two-decade run.
    Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • No further details were provided.
    Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Commissioners briefly discussed Ballard’s motion, which was to direct staff to conduct further research on an ordinance.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • In her latest Jo + Tiny Mic series on Instagram, the Texas native shared four of her favorite secrets to instantly elevate a room, and the principles can be perfectly applied to your fall home decor using Gaines’ very own Magnolia collection at Target.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
  • In heated hearings over the past week, Republicans released very little information about the map’s impact on specific communities across the Kansas City area.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Newton’s third law of motion states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
    Carl Anka, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In the potentially new 2nd District, politically opposite Marin and Modoc counties would be lumped together for the first time since the Gilded Age.
    David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • In extremely dense fog where visibility is near zero, the best course of action is to first turn on your hazard lights, then simply pull into a safe location such as a parking lot of a local business, and stop.
    KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Lisa, 28, wore a black maxi dress with cutouts, and paired the look with an extremely rare Hermès Birkin while in South Korea's capital city.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Lopez noted and mocked Johnson’s comments, sarcastically asking why the mayor didn’t blame it on other historic phenomena.
    Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Additional locations may experience flooding during periods of heavy rainfall, high winds, or other factors.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • The house is haunted by a family of farmers that lived and died on the land, murdered horribly by the patriarch of the family, but really, the problem is the demon that controls the mirror and its dark reflections.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The Panthers should probably promote practice-squad linebacker Krys Barnes in the coming weeks as insurance for Trevin Wallace, who was a major liability in Week 1 after a really strong summer.
    Mike Kaye September 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Teams regularly targeted runners making their way to the farther half of the six-yard box from either side.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
  • If the two galaxies are aligned just right, the light from the farther galaxy forms a ring around the nearer one.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 10 Feb. 2025

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“That.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/that. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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