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Recent Examples of calculatedly
Ohs has described his method as collaborative and as calculatedly improvisational, a mix of composition in advance and real-time discovery.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2025
Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for calculatedly
Adverb
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Apply your strengths deliberately.—
Gamze Acar Bayraktaroglu,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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First of all, bail was set pretty thoughtfully and deliberately by the original judge who took the case on at $3 million.—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Underneath, pair the oversized trench coat with the Automet Sweatpants and the Smeng Crewneck T-shirt, a combo that feels like loungewear but looks intentionally minimal once the coat is layered on top.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Sep. 2025
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Ogles’ congressional campaigns have relied significantly on door knocking and financial support from Americans for Prosperity Action, intentionally keeping a lean campaign staff while relying on the group’s support.—
Vivian Jones,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Tate and his brother Tristan willfully describe themselves as misogynists.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Yet even in this willfully unproductive use of leisure time, work hovers overhead like a ghost.—
Julie Beck,
The Atlantic,
14 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Is the packaging consciously designed or needlessly wasteful?—
Lily Wohlner,
Allure,
5 Sep. 2025
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But while plenty of other Disney and Nickelodeon alumni of the late ’00s and early ’10s had notably rocky transitions to adulthood in the limelight, Thomas consciously steered clear of any actions that might have alienated the Victorious audience who looked up to him.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
4 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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For their part, Kruse and Fialko claim Priscilla entered the contracts knowingly, benefitted from their services and then cut them off, in breach of their agreements, when her fortunes changes in the aftermath of Lisa Marie’s death.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
5 Sep. 2025
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During Wednesday’s steel hearing, Hilary Lewis, steel director at Industrious Labs, said the interim final rule would be nearly 20% less effective if compliance deadlines are moved, and the EPA would knowingly harm community health.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Then again, the fan-favorite actor could be purposely playing coy as to the true nature of what the script states.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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Severinsen wore purposely garish suits, turning himself into a character.—
Chris Almeida,
New Yorker,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Calculatedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calculatedly. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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