absolutely

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Recent Examples of absolutely Oh, that series made Toronto fans hate one of the teams, absolutely. Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025 Created an absolutely transcendent listening experience. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2025 The weather was absolutely beautiful, as was the setting for the show —the Pacific Ocean and the beach, by the Huntington Beach Pier. Jan Wagner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025 But that was absolutely my reason for wanting to make this movie. Randy Myers, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for absolutely
Recent Examples of Synonyms for absolutely
Adverb
  • The comparisons do not totally capture what’s happening here, in any case.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The key is going after the criminal element aggressively, assuring public safety totally, and helping addicts recover.
    Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Hecox's efforts to have the case dropped aren't completely over, as SCOTUS must still rule on whether the case is moot.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Tucked within the Turnberry Ocean Club in Sunny Isles, the $30 million duplex sky villa was taken down to the studs and completely customized.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Not all of these concerns would have been entirely foreign to the characters in Gatsby.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 18 Oct. 2025
  • As the team struggles with grief, Sharon decides to pull Station 42 off active duty entirely, rather than assign a new captain.
    Alamin Yohannes, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The Penguins looked utterly out of sorts in the first period and didn’t look the least bit equipped to come back from the early deficit.
    Josh Yohe, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The two counties represent utterly different Californias.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Even though the outlook was unchanged, it's being viewed positively by the market because a cut was feared.
    Jeff Marks, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Nomadnest Portable, Modern Tiny House The spacious, three-bedroom flat on wheels is almost 400 square feet and positively palatial compared to the average RV.
    Travel + Leisure Staff, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • His first foray into retail for the brand was a pop-up in London in 2008, and many British customers were reticent about the price point, even though the product was wholly made in England.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Evil is aided and abetted by those who stand back and do nothing, who swallow the lies and turn away from images of death and destruction that are wholly preventable.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • This included key initiatives such as attending overseas markets and conferences, acquiring new IP, and engaging a head of international outreach — all of which were fully approved and communicated with the BFI.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2025
  • For the ecoconscious visitor, Harbor Breeze will soon launch a first-of-its-kind, fully electric whale watching vessel called El Escudo.
    Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Until Slot settles on a right-back option, the short-term message is quite clear for Premier League opposition analysts — target Liverpool’s right flank.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • On one level its assessment can be quite subjective, and there’s a degree of connoisseurship.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Absolutely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absolutely. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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