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Recent Examples of calculatedly
Some Demna-sized—as in, calculatedly oversized—tailoring, and lots of bitchy, bratty handbag holding that made the accessories a focal point of most looks in the collection.
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José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 17 May 2026
His players were shown footage of the tackle, calculatedly riling up their ire for next week.
—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
José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 17 May 2026
His players were shown footage of the tackle, calculatedly riling up their ire for next week.
—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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More screen time is given over to her burgeoning friendship with firebrand suffragette Mary, played by singer Lily Allen in a deliberately anachronistic performance — her forthright speech and manner beamed in directly from the 21st century.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
3 June 2026
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The school has opted to proceed deliberately with the search and consider other candidates, while not ruling out Yormark by any means.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2026
Adverb
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Flores seeks evidence to further his claim that the league and several teams intentionally discriminated against him, and the coach has insisted his legal team gain access to personal devices of league and team employees for discovery purposes.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
4 June 2026
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The nervous system is the foundation that every other aspect of training is built on, and when athletes learn to train it intentionally, the results show up across sleep, readiness, and resilience.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2026
Adverb
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The provision allows for damages of up to $500 per violation, or $1,500 per violation if a court finds that a company acted willfully or knowingly.—
Itzel Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2026
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Joshua Booth, 51, was charged with one count of willfully or maliciously torture, maim or mutilate an animal kept for companionship or pleasure causing death, a category B felony under Nevada law, according to the Clark County District Attorney's Office.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
Adverb
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When a system's actions fall outside the parameters anyone consciously designed, the question of who bears the cost becomes genuinely contested.—
Samuel Rodrigues,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Smart studios are consciously trying to build this audience and don’t view it as an anomaly.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
1 June 2026
Adverb
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Parker is now charged with knowingly using a device to record underneath an individual's clothing, which is a felony in Georgia.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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The jury instructions state that the government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a conspiracy existed to which the defendant knowingly belonged and that the acts were committed in furtherance of that conspiracy during the defendant’s membership in it.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
2 June 2026
Adverb
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Maybe the bee wasn't purposely directing the ball towards the reward.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
7 June 2026
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At one point Norris, the reigning world champion and last year’s Monaco winner, was asked by his team to purposely slow down and hold up Russell to try to help McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri.—
Sahil Kapur,
NBC news,
7 June 2026
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“Calculatedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calculatedly. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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