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Recent Examples of conspicuously
The duo, who have been a tag team since 2015 and signed with AEW in 2019, have been conspicuously absent for most of 2025.
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Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
The release schedule has been conspicuously quiet in the past three weeks, as seemingly no one has been interested in trying to make an impression in a pop landscape still so thoroughly dominated by the new Taylor Swift album.
—Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2025
Following the final New York City mayoral debate on Wednesday night, Adams conspicuously sidled up to Cuomo courtside at a New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden.
—Colin Meyn, The Hill, 24 Oct. 2025
That’s something the Aztecs have had on their best teams, and something that was conspicuously absent at times last season.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
What ensues is a community-wide frenzy involving the kids’ teacher, their parents, the local police, and the one kid in class who conspicuously remained.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
But one current manager conspicuously absent from this list is Pep Guardiola.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Bigelow and Oppenheim seem eager to make something far more than mere entertainment and, as a consequence, wind up with something conspicuously less.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
Consumer stocks have been conspicuously absent from the market’s latest move to record highs.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
The release schedule has been conspicuously quiet in the past three weeks, as seemingly no one has been interested in trying to make an impression in a pop landscape still so thoroughly dominated by the new Taylor Swift album.
—Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2025
Following the final New York City mayoral debate on Wednesday night, Adams conspicuously sidled up to Cuomo courtside at a New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden.
—Colin Meyn, The Hill, 24 Oct. 2025
That’s something the Aztecs have had on their best teams, and something that was conspicuously absent at times last season.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
What ensues is a community-wide frenzy involving the kids’ teacher, their parents, the local police, and the one kid in class who conspicuously remained.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
But one current manager conspicuously absent from this list is Pep Guardiola.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Bigelow and Oppenheim seem eager to make something far more than mere entertainment and, as a consequence, wind up with something conspicuously less.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
Consumer stocks have been conspicuously absent from the market’s latest move to record highs.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conspicuously
Adverb
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One of his former teachers was still there, coaxing students to line up neatly.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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But not everything can fit neatly in an eight-part series, and there’s a reason the case is still being dissected today.—
Elisabeth Garber-Paul,
Rolling Stone,
24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Offering strikingly intimate access to a real, unfolding love triangle, the film documents all sides of what is usually kept behind closed doors.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
24 Oct. 2025
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To celebrate the release of her debut solo studio album, Halle Bailey gets strikingly honest in the latest episode of Billboard’s Takes Us Out video series.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The horror comes from the violation of a group meant to exist in harmony — featuring a cast of real dancers as the luridly fluid characters — being thrown violently out of sync, like a body spasming.—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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But Masumura’s manner is raw and harsh, a cinematic parallel to pulp fiction, with intense emotional and physical violence, candid and heated eroticism, hectic performances, and luridly skewed visual compositions.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
2 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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From there, DaCosta has smartly tightened the narrative, which used to have a key scene at an off-stage bachelor party to which Hedda was pointedly not invited.—
Amy Nicholson,
Twin Cities,
23 Oct. 2025
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White smartly leans into an overall loner vibe that suggests someone lost in the wilderness of his own isolation.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
22 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The colors are richly saturated, and when something catches Ryan’s eye—say, a bee alighting on a wildflower—the images shimmer with an almost radioactive intensity.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
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The Emmy-nominated and Webby-winning show highlighted the richly biodiverse ecosystem of the Central American nation's Coiba National Park, which includes an island that was once a penal colony.—
Maya Duclay,
ABC News,
23 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The date goes badly, but the song goes spectacularly.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
26 Oct. 2025
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Most have failed spectacularly.—
David Oliver,
USA Today,
19 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Gatwa departed the show after two seasons in May, and shockingly regenerated into Billie Piper in the final moments of the most recent episode.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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And yet, the winds that form Melissa are shockingly fast.—
Sara Sneath,
The Atlantic,
28 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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In one such cord-and-mirror series, he is nattily dressed in a plaid oxford shirt and a necktie.—
David Kamp,
New Yorker,
4 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Conspicuously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conspicuously. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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