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conservatively

adverb

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as in quietly

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Recent Examples of conservatively When caught early, MSS may be treated conservatively with anti-inflammatory medications and sometimes colchicine, a treatment for gout. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026 Spend conservatively Flexibility can significantly improve the longevity of your portfolio. — Evan Zimmer, CNBC, 22 July 2026 Sweden, especially, seemed content to play conservatively, which forced France to take mediocre shots in the early going. — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 30 June 2026 South Africa has been playing rather conservatively, seemingly more content to play keepaway rather than score. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 28 June 2026 Apply conservatively, blend, and then add more if needed. — Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026 Amnesty International estimates that Iran executed 2,159 people last year; Sato puts the number more conservatively at about 1,600. — Laura Secor, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026 Whether managed surgically or conservatively, regular scans play a critical role in monitoring recovery. — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 10 June 2026 Peregrines move far more conservatively during ordinary flight. — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026

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For more than a century, submarines have quietly evolved from slow underwater boats into some of the fastest and most sophisticated machines ever engineered.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
The Huge Payoff Of Smarter Cities This evolution has quietly produced a market that’s already at a trillion dollars and is rapidly growing.

— Lee-Lean Shu, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

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There’s a case to be made for every tic-tac-toe set being a travel tic-tac-toe set, due quite simply to its size; but this leather kit transforms one of the world’s simplest games into a luxury accessory.

— Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2026
Some travel essentials are simply non-negotiable, from a blackout eye mask for sleeping on the plane to a personal safety alarm for peace of mind.

— Hayley Domin, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2026

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This is a typical seasonal development with the end of the school year that is usually reversed come fall suggesting that underlying job creation remained modestly positive.

— Michelle Fox, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026
Carnegie urged the rich to live modestly and to direct the surplus toward universities, libraries, medical institutions and public parks.

— Gautam Mukunda, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026

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