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Recent Examples of anciently
Eleven miles west, crossing the Piave again but this time onto flatter lands, grown in the anciently rural Tezze di Piave, Cecchetto’s Raboso wines match Prosecco’s acidic presence as instead vertical reds complex with pine, wild berries, and spicy notes.
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Susan H. Gordon, Phd, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
It was used anciently as a preservative, a seasoning, and medicinally for its antibacterial properties.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2024
In several of the poesie paintings, Titian cast the faces of his protagonists in shadow, obscuring our sense of their inner lives, making them at once more anciently remote and more humanly familiar.
—Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2021
Susan H. Gordon, Phd, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
It was used anciently as a preservative, a seasoning, and medicinally for its antibacterial properties.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2024
In several of the poesie paintings, Titian cast the faces of his protagonists in shadow, obscuring our sense of their inner lives, making them at once more anciently remote and more humanly familiar.
—Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anciently
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Scott Thomas takes to the driver’s seat with confidence in Vertical’s My Mother’s Wedding (formerly titled North Star) set to hit U.S. theaters on Aug. 8 after its 2023 TIFF debut, with Scarlett Johansson, Sienna Miller and Emily Beecham.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Aug. 2025
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Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant — who created the original British version of The Office — also exec produce along with Howard Klein, Ben Silverman and Banijay Americas (formerly Reveille).—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
7 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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The Natural Resources Defense Council Action Fund is starting to spend early against Rep. Rob Bresnahan, R-Pa., with new broadcast and digital ads that were shared first with Semafor.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Two years earlier, two grandchildren of George Halas sold their shares in the team back to the family; and the team used proceeds from the sale to Ryan and McKenna to help pay down debt burdens.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Anciently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anciently. Accessed 14 Aug. 2025.
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