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Recent Examples of concretely
More concretely, this means reactivating the brand and stabilizing the business.
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Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 19 Jan. 2026
But in the near term, investors may still be flighty, unless something concretely reassuring, such as Oracle achieving positive cash flow, reassures them the snapping sound is just a twig in the forest.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2025
The doctrine of the containment of communism thus gave birth to a more concretely geopolitical—as opposed to nebulously civilizational—West, soon embodied in new institutions such as NATO, an integrating Europe, and the OECD.
—Stewart Patrick, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2025
For example, states can be concretely obliged to maintain an inventory of anthropogenic [greenhouse gas] emissions or to reduce [greenhouse gas] emissions by a certain percentage.
—Nana Ama Sarfo, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 19 Jan. 2026
But in the near term, investors may still be flighty, unless something concretely reassuring, such as Oracle achieving positive cash flow, reassures them the snapping sound is just a twig in the forest.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2025
The doctrine of the containment of communism thus gave birth to a more concretely geopolitical—as opposed to nebulously civilizational—West, soon embodied in new institutions such as NATO, an integrating Europe, and the OECD.
—Stewart Patrick, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2025
For example, states can be concretely obliged to maintain an inventory of anthropogenic [greenhouse gas] emissions or to reduce [greenhouse gas] emissions by a certain percentage.
—Nana Ama Sarfo, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for concretely
Adverb
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The public announcement did not provide details on what officials would be specifically looking for in the reviews or what types of content would be deemed disqualifying.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
11 Mar. 2026
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Smith looks back fondly at his years at Imagineering, specifically calling out his time on the Guardians project.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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How pathetically far this blithering, unprincipled piece of trash has gone to endanger other lives, to expressly distract and deflect from his own wicked deeds, and to further benefit his grifting family’s larcenously enlarged bounties.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
8 Mar. 2026
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There appears to be no law expressly forbidding the use of public funds to influence voters.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The reversals highlights how the world’s biggest energy-importing region is being particularly hard hit by the war in the Middle East and the lack of access to oil and fuel from the Persian Gulf.—
Nicholas Lua,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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These underestimations of sea-level rise were particularly noteworthy in the Global South — specifically in Southeast Asia and the Pacific region.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The drones are relatively cheap and easy to mass-produce, especially compared to the sophisticated systems used to defend against them.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2026
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Professional stump removal can be pricey, especially if the stump is big enough that a few strong backs and a sturdy shovel won't do the job.—
Daniel Scott,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Concretely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concretely. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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