carefully

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Recent Examples of carefully Footwear News’ global network of editors has carefully curated all product selections featured using our expansive brand knowledge and thorough research to find quality, long-lasting items. Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025 But, in doing so, Krepon plans to carefully plan which SKUs should be headed Amazon’s way, in part because of the cost of doing business with the e-tail behemoth. Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2025 According to the sheriff's office, soybeans were also carefully vacuumed out from around the man. Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025 The Administration is treading more carefully, however, after facing an unexpected level of blowback towards the strikes, an official told NBC last week. Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 3 Oct. 2025 Best Tips for First-Time Thrifters For thrifting clothing, Handley recommends carefully checking seams, zippers, underarms, and care labels. Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2025 Ever so carefully, Greg and Corry rotated the bag upright. Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025 Raj Roy, the vice president of Distribution Operations at SoCal Edison, said the utility company carefully examines weather conditions to come to decisions about shutting off power. Chiara Eisner, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025 Today, it is carefully preserved in the Chapel of the Holy Chalice inside València’s Cathedral, where pilgrims, scholars, and curious travelers from all over the world come to admire it. Visit València, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carefully
Adverb
  • The Kings are also a deep team, working conscientiously to pass the torch from the Kopitar/Doughty generation to Byfield, Brandt Clarke and beyond.
    Murat Ates, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins and manager John Schneider remained vague and cautiously optimistic on Bichette’s status on Wednesday.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The best one can cautiously hope for is a pause in the killing in Gaza.
    Ben Wedeman, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • In short, in both proclamations Lincoln was a consummate lawyer who paid exquisite attention to questions of constitutionality and scrupulously honored his oath of office to act under the Constitution, not over or outside it.
    Akhil Reed Amar, Time, 22 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • City police said the blast before dawn in northern Munich at a residential building, which had been deliberately set on fire, appeared connected to a domestic dispute.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Program officials set a two-year path to mass production following test completion, with full Taiwan manufacture and target unit costs in the low hundreds of thousands USD, deliberately priced for salvo fire.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The team has been so meticulously constructed by president of hockey operations and general manager Bill Zito that another extended playoff run shouldn’t be out of the picture.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
  • There is an undercurrent of pulsing creative energy that is meticulously refined and barely scratching its surface.
    Aaron Davis, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Hughes and others began resisting orders in passive ways, showing up late or taking patrols extra slowly.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • This rift causes the black hole to slowly evaporate.
    Dipangkar Dutta, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The Russian embassy in Denmark told Newsweek in a statement that its navy strictly complies with maritime law and that Danish authorities had not informed Russia of any recent incidents.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • And its top models—like Bella Hadid and Kendall Jenner—are keeping their off-duty fashions strictly in summer mode.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025

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