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Recent Examples of conspiratorially
That Hanson so could faithfully and conspiratorially convey that in her naturalistic, uncontrived images came from a place of friendship.
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Mark Holgate, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2025
Mark Holgate, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conspiratorially
Adverb
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This DreamSky pick maintains the beloved look of an analog digital Timex, while covertly offering modern accoutrements like a dimmable LED display, a sleep timer, and a USB port.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
6 Mar. 2026
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The two did not need to align, meaning the AI could signal peaceful intentions while covertly preparing for an attack.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Mar. 2026
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Under Cuba’s penal code, people who clandestinely enter Cuba to commit terrorism can be punished by death or life in prison.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2026
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The group was largely defeated in 2019, but some elements still operate clandestinely in Syria and Iraq.—
Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN Money,
25 Feb. 2026
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Unlike Monday's burial for Princess Irene, which follows a Saturday prayer service in Madrid and a funeral Monday at Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, the Tatoi interment for Sofia's mother, Queen Federica of Greece, was not official, and took place almost furtively.—
Diego Parrado,
Vanity Fair,
18 Jan. 2026
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This has become the central theme of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City—probably the most chaotic show in its franchise—whose characters are always trying to root out which of their frenemies is furtively digging up dirt and spreading rumors about their legal or financial woes.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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But tech companies will have to prove that new devices can do things better or differently than smartphones and alleviate privacy concerns around devices can surreptitiously record their surroundings.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
2 Mar. 2026
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Also, strong steps against the Russian shadow fleet that surreptitiously transports energy products, designation of Russia as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, and other economic measures strongly penalizing Russia and aiding Ukraine.—
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal,
Hartford Courant,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Conspiratorially.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conspiratorially. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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