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Recent Examples of aggressively
Philadelphia will likely chase a new deal with Kyle Schwarber, which might keep them from aggressively pursuing Suárez.
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Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025
The stock was hit hard over concerns that management is spending too aggressively to expand its AI infrastructure.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
Tracey McLeod honored me with an opportunity to partner with her on aggressively growing the Branded Division business, with a focus on the Reebok brand and the license, Weebok by Reebok.
—Jennie Bell, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2025
The Pentagon cast the attacks as part of a broader campaign to aggressively target transnational criminal networks at sea.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 10 Nov. 2025
According to the Star Tribune, Her and her husband saved aggressively and invested in land and housing.
—Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 8 Nov. 2025
Throughout the game, Heights proved to be more efficient in all areas, playing aggressively with confidence.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Nov. 2025
While Republicans blast Mamdani as the face of socialism, Newsom has been quietly, and at times aggressively, cultivating donors, visiting early-primary states, and sharpening a message aimed at elevating California’s model of governance on the national stage.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 7 Nov. 2025
Yorba Linda played it aggressively on the first play of the second quarter as Isaiah Trujillo scored on a fourth-and-goal run from the 2 for a 14-0 lead.
—Dan Albano, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025
The stock was hit hard over concerns that management is spending too aggressively to expand its AI infrastructure.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
Tracey McLeod honored me with an opportunity to partner with her on aggressively growing the Branded Division business, with a focus on the Reebok brand and the license, Weebok by Reebok.
—Jennie Bell, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2025
The Pentagon cast the attacks as part of a broader campaign to aggressively target transnational criminal networks at sea.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 10 Nov. 2025
According to the Star Tribune, Her and her husband saved aggressively and invested in land and housing.
—Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 8 Nov. 2025
Throughout the game, Heights proved to be more efficient in all areas, playing aggressively with confidence.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Nov. 2025
While Republicans blast Mamdani as the face of socialism, Newsom has been quietly, and at times aggressively, cultivating donors, visiting early-primary states, and sharpening a message aimed at elevating California’s model of governance on the national stage.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 7 Nov. 2025
Yorba Linda played it aggressively on the first play of the second quarter as Isaiah Trujillo scored on a fourth-and-goal run from the 2 for a 14-0 lead.
—Dan Albano, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aggressively
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Spacetime may be more strongly curved inside of a black hole’s event horizon, but anything that happens in there can’t get out; nothing can escape a black hole’s interior, even at the speed of light.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
7 Nov. 2025
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Picking up on these threads, the third week’s installments show that even when the current is pulling too strongly, there’s still a choice to make.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
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These early reports highlight how the mode may behave more assertively than before.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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With the exception of SHoP’s assertively detailed, if financially troubled, extravaganza, the pall of clunkism has enveloped even projects that aspire to high design.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
22 Sep. 2025
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Since its debut, the initiative has been quietly but determinedly building physical bases in Lagos and Kenya, creating tangible spaces where female artists, producers, and engineers can access resources that Tems herself had to fight to find.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
4 Nov. 2025
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For long-haul trips, consider the Southern Hemisphere for a jolt of vitamin D in a rugged, determinedly uncommercial spot, or take a dip in a memorable, albeit temporary, Japanese onsen.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
20 Oct. 2025
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How to Watch Ole Miss vs The Citadel The Rebels arrive Saturday afternoon in Oxford, sitting at 8-1, fresh off a convincing 30-14 win and firmly in the top-10 national picture heading into the final stretch of the season.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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The film is set firmly during the Crimean War in the 1850s.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
8 Nov. 2025
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Such fallacies are utterly unacceptable anywhere…The Chinese military will continue to take necessary measures to resolutely safeguard national sovereignty and security, and firmly uphold regional peace and stability.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Post has resolutely revealed such entanglements to readers of news coverage or commentary in the past, whether the Graham family's holdings, which included the Stanley Kaplan educational company and Slate magazine, or, since 2013, those of Bezos, who founded Amazon and Blue Origin.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
28 Oct. 2025
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And while the most exciting developments in defense are being driven by flashy, high-risk California VC investments, the man making the decisions comes from the grimly analytical East Coast world of PE.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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According to a 2022 poll, the average American would use $10 million to pay off debts, grimly.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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Cops have arrested a 28-year-old Bronx man following a brutal explosion of violence, accusing him of attacking his wife and then viciously stabbing his 12-year-old stepdaughter before hammering a screw through her skull, police and sources said Friday.—
Thomas Tracy,
Mercury News,
24 Oct. 2025
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Their rollicking redo, set from dusk to hangover at a drunken bacchanal, is vibrant and viciously alive.—
Amy Nicholson,
Twin Cities,
23 Oct. 2025
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The addition of orange gives this gorgeously vibrant sauce a zing of brightness that's a perfect pairing with its decidedly festive hue.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
10 Nov. 2025
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There’s a moment around the halfway point of Paul McCartney’s current Got Back Tour when things get decidedly weird.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Aggressively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aggressively. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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