as in dishonorably
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Proctor was the case officer for Ana Walshe’s disappearance when Brian Walshe was arrested and was dishonorably dismissed from duty in July 2024 after an internal conduct review.—
Lauren del Valle,
CNN Money,
5 Dec. 2025
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At the time, liberalism’s leading intellectuals laughed off public annoyance at Obama’s lackluster performance, declaring that to expect big things from him was to believe—childishly, contemptibly—that the president was a kind of superhero.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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The movie vulgarly sexualizes youthful political ardor and, even more contemptibly, the very notion of racial justice.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Basely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/basely. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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