1
as in extremely
to a great degree
the team has vastly improved in the course of the season
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2
as in highly
to a large extent or degree
vastly underestimated the cost of advertising the new product
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Recent Examples of vastly
Circana’s Liquid Mix compresses that cycle to minutes, vastly improving how brands can respond to market signals.
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Kiri Masters, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Get them off the streets and help the people of Venezuela have a vastly better life.
—Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
The show, though vastly disparate from Gilligan’s previous works, just might feature callbacks to those iconic worlds beyond Seehorn’s casting and the locale.
—EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
That means distinguishing between the two types of SEEs could vastly improve space weather predictions.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Kiri Masters, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Get them off the streets and help the people of Venezuela have a vastly better life.
—Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
The show, though vastly disparate from Gilligan’s previous works, just might feature callbacks to those iconic worlds beyond Seehorn’s casting and the locale.
—EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
That means distinguishing between the two types of SEEs could vastly improve space weather predictions.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vastly
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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
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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
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Pictured above, the highly inventive director/writer of this fine film, Anders Thomas Jensen, with his cast, en route into the premiere on August 30.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Further data was also highly favourable.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
1 Sep. 2025
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Because hot & sour soup is incredibly nuanced.—
Shindy Chen,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Sep. 2025
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In her new YouTube video, Katelynn explained how grief and depression have made daily tasks incredibly difficult for her, and a recent change in routine has further increased her poor mental state.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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But as Pyongyang has greatly expanded its missile and nuclear programs since the early 2000s, some foreign policy analysts in Beijing increasingly saw North Korea as more of a liability than strategic ally.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
4 Sep. 2025
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Data from the Federal Emergency Management Agency shows timelines to get FEMA aid flowing to Wisconsin have varied greatly across presidential administrations, spanning from just a few days to more than two months.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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For Monday, very warm and dry conditions are expected.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Murphy explained how watching those early games on television starring Sims and quarterback Gary Danielson, led to going to at least one very special home game a year with his dad at the old Pontiac Silverdome.—
Scott Talley,
Freep.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Yet another reason that has persuaded Porsche to roll back EV plans are the fact that cars like the Taycan and Cayenne have significant depreciation rates, lowering their resale values considerably.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Things become considerably more volatile when the actual shoot begins and Coppola’s Willy Wonka-like charm — as Plaza describes it — is put to the test by the demands of realizing his mad vision once and for all.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
28 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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At times on Saturday, Bremen were terribly naive, exhibiting all the fragility expected of a team built from inexperienced players.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
2 Sep. 2025
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That being said, these two companies don't have high yields because of terribly large payouts, which do significantly increase each year with earnings, but rather weakness in their stocks.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
29 Aug. 2025
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Reese wants to skip through the rebuilding process, but doing so has already put Chicago in a position in which building a stronger talent base is going to be much more difficult.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Saturday shouldn’t be much different.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Vastly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vastly. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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