concretely

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Recent Examples of concretely People keep trying to game this out more concretely, but the numbers are slippery. John Werner, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 Trump spoke now not only to distract from his sputtering Iran war and its effects on the economy, but also because his attempts to concretely interfere with the 2026 election thus far have almost all failed. David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026 The show provides several abstract theories but never concretely explains what the island is. Janey Tracey, Entertainment Weekly, 23 May 2026 The Canucks have sported cement shoes and now sit concretely at the bottom of the standings. Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 11 Apr. 2026 More concretely, this means reactivating the brand and stabilizing the business. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for concretely
Adverb
  • The Bengals’ shift to more under-center, specifically running 12 and 13 personnel out of it, played into Grandy’s strengths.
    Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Efforts to cancel the event The controversy escalated after social media posts characterized the event as a drag show specifically intended for children.
    Evan Moore August 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • Perhaps more importantly, the GT3’s value has never been expressly measured by the figures on the spec sheet.
    Bradley Iger, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The theater, no surprise, went with the Ibsen work that seems written expressly for this wacky MAHA moment.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • As the affiliate industry grows, particularly for fashion brands and beauty brands which increasingly route a growing share of sales through such links, the answer is getting harder to parse.
    Tom Matsuda, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The monsoon season can be a particularly dangerous time in mountain canyons in Utah and the Southwest.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • This one was especially meaningful for 2010 Morton graduate Jimmy McCormack, an experienced assistant, including the previous two seasons as the Trojans’ offensive coordinator.
    Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The approach can be especially applicable when several providers in one area use similar equipment.
    Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

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“Concretely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concretely. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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