as in earnestly
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Recent Examples of ardently
Kevan Harris, an associate professor of sociology at UCLA who has studied the Iranian diaspora, said some of the ardently monarchist Iranians became disillusioned and demobilized when the war’s initial objective of regime change failed.
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Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
Like the tour, the first input meeting garnered significant interest from farmers and residents alike, all of whom are ardently concerned with what the county decides to do with the Ag Reserve.
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Abigail Hasebroock,
Sun Sentinel,
11 June 2026
Some people ardently believe that AI and AI makers are being allowed to run amok.
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
Dobbins ardently believes that’s going to happen.
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Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
11 Mar. 2026
Bassitt recently downplayed the shake-up at the players union and ardently defended the players’ stance against a salary cap.
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Paul Bledsoe,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Mar. 2026
Despite both the men’s and women’s teams ardently supporting each other throughout the tournament, the players took heat for their reaction in some circles.
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Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
25 Feb. 2026
The contract situation forced the Bulls into a full teardown, something Karnišovas ardently avoided in prior seasons.
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Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2026
Trump’s National Security Strategy focuses intensely on the Western Hemisphere, at the expense of Asia, and the administration ardently desires a trade deal and strategic coordination with Beijing.
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Robert Kagan,
The Atlantic,
18 Jan. 2026
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
Like the tour, the first input meeting garnered significant interest from farmers and residents alike, all of whom are ardently concerned with what the county decides to do with the Ag Reserve.
—
Abigail Hasebroock,
Sun Sentinel,
11 June 2026
Some people ardently believe that AI and AI makers are being allowed to run amok.
—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
Dobbins ardently believes that’s going to happen.
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Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
11 Mar. 2026
Bassitt recently downplayed the shake-up at the players union and ardently defended the players’ stance against a salary cap.
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Paul Bledsoe,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Mar. 2026
Despite both the men’s and women’s teams ardently supporting each other throughout the tournament, the players took heat for their reaction in some circles.
—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
25 Feb. 2026
The contract situation forced the Bulls into a full teardown, something Karnišovas ardently avoided in prior seasons.
—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2026
Trump’s National Security Strategy focuses intensely on the Western Hemisphere, at the expense of Asia, and the administration ardently desires a trade deal and strategic coordination with Beijing.
—
Robert Kagan,
The Atlantic,
18 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ardently
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Maybe the only thing scarier than the opening scene of The Happening is Mark Wahlberg attempting to earnestly and fearfully talk to a plant.
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And of course there will always be readers who balk at SF, refusing to countenance that our lived reality is saturated with it, and that the time for earnestly realistic state-of-the-nation novels may have passed.
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The National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee, which teaches people how to conscientiously object to income levies, reports surging interest in its training sessions.
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An attorney general who cannot conscientiously defend a law owes his clients — the people of Florida — the duty of allowing a surrogate to do it.
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Anthropic is not the only company taking this seriously.
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The lawsuit also accuses emergency responders and dispatchers of mishandling the aftermath by prioritizing treatment and transport of the deputy over the couple, who were more seriously injured, delaying critical medical care.
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In a social media post Saturday afternoon, the Kansas City Police Department wrote that bags that don’t meet the event’s clear bag policy were diverting law enforcement resources, as those bags have to be thoroughly inspected.
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Plan thoroughly, and let structure support freedom.
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In internal messaging to staff, Bunch has steadfastly asserted the Institution’s independence, while not mentioning Trump by name.
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But back the duo steadfastly returned to battle.
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Two of my cousins, both women in their early 20s, came to sit behind me a few minutes into the interview, watching attentively.
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At the heart of the company’s ambitious vision for AI lies an enormous expenditure figure that every shareholder should monitor attentively.
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But rather than further ratchet up the stakes in the final minutes, the episode closes with Rosemary exhaustively — and rather hilariously — going over an extensive genealogical document for Tom and Patricia.
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Have these people never read, say, The Feminine Mystique, which exhaustively cataloged the despair of mid-century stay-at-home mothers?
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The novel unfolds like an oral storytelling tradition, driven by a voice that Sarris painstakingly crafted, evoking his conversation with McKay.
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Everything else, no matter how massive in scale or painstakingly rendered, is just sound and fury, not the master nor commander of anything.
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