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adverb

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Adverb
  • Her description of Montreal in winter helped me to evoke my youthful impressions of London, and her way of talking about a displaced mother, and a father who inhabited a kind of elsewhere, led me, yet again, to place my own parents inside a new fictional container.
    Jhumpa Lahiri, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
  • And with the Marner question answered, the Maple Leafs can focus their priorities elsewhere with free agency beginning at noon on July 1.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • The area, which also includes the Mann Chinese Theater with its famous footprints of departed stars, also has the classic El Capitan theater, owned by Disney.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • But with Harden, Norman Powell and Ivica Zubac taking the majority of the shots instead of the departed Paul George and a rehabilitating Kawhi Leonard, the Clippers score 45.9 percent of their points in the paint (fifth in NBA).
    Law Murray, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Adverb
  • Poor Cybersecurity Hygiene: With SaaS sprawl and remote work, vulnerabilities are everywhere.
    Imre Szenttornyay, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • The golf-ready skirt/short hybrid is a sleeper hit for Amazon, earning hundreds of five-star reviews from shoppers who wear it everywhere from the course to Costco.
    Esme Benjamin, People.com, 1 July 2025
Adjective
  • Amid the search for leadership, it should be remembered that England entered the World Cup in 2023 without the retired Ellen White and Jill Scott, as well as the injured trio of Williamson, Mead and Kirby.
    Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 5 July 2025
  • The sellers of the 383-acre estate were Larry Keele, the retired cofounder of Oaktree Capital, one of the world's largest asset management firms, and his wife Leiyan Keele.
    Molly Davis, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Adverb
  • This time the recipient is area rancher Benjamin Bonney (Dermot Mulroney), who along with his thuggish sons is suspected of murdering anyone hereabouts who won’t surrender their own land to him.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Clearly someone wants to scare them off from uncovering whatever dark hidden truth controls much of life (and death) hereabouts.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 1 Aug. 2024
Adverb
  • Attendees from Chicago and afar congregated at ACen to show off their imaginative attire.
    Chris Cosgrove Published, EW.com, 25 May 2025
  • The compact, boho-style bag is ideal for festivals, keeping documents safe and for adventures afar.
    Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • So many firsts, gone, charred to ash, just remnants of an area that once represented Black prosperity and joy.
    Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The original pioneers were mostly busy making non-hyperpop or gone: SOPHIE tragically died in 2021; 100 gecs spent years toiling to make their zany stadium-rock second album.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Abroad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abroad. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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