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Recent Examples of calculatedly
His players were shown footage of the tackle, calculatedly riling up their ire for next week.
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Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 1 May 2026
With its calculatedly severe form, the film both distills and extends melodrama to avant-garde extremes.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025
Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 1 May 2026
With its calculatedly severe form, the film both distills and extends melodrama to avant-garde extremes.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for calculatedly
Adverb
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In keeping with the ultra-luxury playbook, the property is now being held off the market deliberately.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
5 May 2026
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And in 2023, Wilson deliberately took a below-market extension to give the front office flexibility.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
5 May 2026
Adverb
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Colorado is the only state in the country where someone who kills due to extreme recklessness receives the same sentence — life without parole — as someone who kills intentionally and after deliberation.—
Shaun Boyd,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Both sides accuse the other of intentionally attacking civilian targets.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Some people are happy to roam the world as old tourists, pure consumers who remain willfully blind to the impacts of their wanderings.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
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The judge also found that Madigan lied repeatedly and willfully when testifying in his own defense during the trial.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Is its packaging consciously designed or needlessly wasteful?—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
2 May 2026
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While critics have been tough on the Finnish director’s blending of human sentiment and thrashing violence and pyrotechnics, audiences know his brand – consciously or unconsciously.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The bill would also create criminal penalties for officials who knowingly misuse the system or falsify compliance, order a government audit of targeting practices and require new procedures to expand congressional access to FISA court proceedings.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Jerusalem — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Israel of knowingly allowing grain stolen by Russia to be unloaded at Israeli ports, threatening to impose sanctions on anyone involved in the shipments, which Kyiv says have continued despite multiple appeals to Israeli officials.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
28 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Sometimes acronyms are purposely devised to reinforce a message.—
Clarissa Brincat,
Big Think,
29 Apr. 2026
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Are companies purposely purchasing broadcast time so that their commercials are repeated like that?—
Rich Heldenfels,
Boston Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Calculatedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calculatedly. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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