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Adverb
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Jackson called the allegations knowingly false and deliberately timed to damage him among conservative voters as polling showed the race tightening.—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
20 May 2026 -
China, by contrast, is doing it deliberately—and at scale.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
20 May 2026
Adverb
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The many attending assistants around her eventually disperse — a little hesitantly because Sam is in the middle of preparing a new show — and the two withdraw to Sam’s cavernous studio.—
Jake Coyle,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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Only the bravest walked hesitantly toward the well.—
Mery Mogollón,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2026
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The state trial in Manhattan Criminal Court is tentatively scheduled to begin in September, followed by a federal trial sometime later in the fall.—
Adam Reiss,
NBC news,
18 May 2026
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Another prequel, a movie tentatively titled Aegon's Conquest, is also in development.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
18 May 2026
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“Circumspectly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumspectly. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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