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Recent Examples of crudely
After fighting off those who called him a diva, after fending off those who called him the second coming of Terrell Owens, Brown is leaving Philadelphia in such a way that will not spare him from being crudely cast in those caricatures.
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Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 1 June 2026
Trump has responded negatively and crudely to conservatives' criticism of the war in Iran, as peace talks in Pakistan have yet to prove fruitful and Americans' opinion on the war — and Trump — sours, according to public polling.
—Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
In a particularly gnarly flashback, one sibling voluntarily — and crudely — amputates his fingers to match his brother's disfigured hand, which lost two digits when Angier shot him.
—Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
Plenty of earbuds have bass, but for many of them, it’s kind of crudely implemented.
—Christian De Looper, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
That’s because any time Booth is, say, smoking a cigarette, it is crudely scratched out onscreen — doubtless at once a nod to TV standards and a thumb to the nose at censors.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 8 Feb. 2026
Those were the days of crudely working insulin, crazy meal schedules and no cell phones.
—Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 28 Jan. 2026
On the first couple of nights, as the bats began to explore Latham Island, their head direction cells fired crudely.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 21 Jan. 2026
White glue, popsicle sticks, construction paper — crudely cut out and stuck on a milk carton.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 Nov. 2025
Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 1 June 2026
Trump has responded negatively and crudely to conservatives' criticism of the war in Iran, as peace talks in Pakistan have yet to prove fruitful and Americans' opinion on the war — and Trump — sours, according to public polling.
—Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
In a particularly gnarly flashback, one sibling voluntarily — and crudely — amputates his fingers to match his brother's disfigured hand, which lost two digits when Angier shot him.
—Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
Plenty of earbuds have bass, but for many of them, it’s kind of crudely implemented.
—Christian De Looper, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
That’s because any time Booth is, say, smoking a cigarette, it is crudely scratched out onscreen — doubtless at once a nod to TV standards and a thumb to the nose at censors.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 8 Feb. 2026
Those were the days of crudely working insulin, crazy meal schedules and no cell phones.
—Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 28 Jan. 2026
On the first couple of nights, as the bats began to explore Latham Island, their head direction cells fired crudely.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 21 Jan. 2026
White glue, popsicle sticks, construction paper — crudely cut out and stuck on a milk carton.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crudely
Adverb
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Social-media platforms are filled with short-form videos that clumsily grapple with stigmas surrounding height supremacy.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
4 June 2026
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What was being clumsily promoted was a potentially transformative piece of technology — a way to evaluate player performance, in tune with an algorithm that had been taught to think like Capello himself.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
Adverb
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Images from his past are spliced together abruptly and rather awkwardly, an apt representation of the way his trauma continues to torment him.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 June 2026
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In 2024, two players landed awkwardly on his knee, causing a torn MCL in the season opener.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
5 June 2026
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“Crudely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crudely. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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