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Adverb
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There are clearly opportunities to further develop this unique site as a transboundary reserve with North Korea.—
Saleem H. Ali,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025 -
Michigan clearly saw Meadows as one of the top edge prospects in the class and prioritized him accordingly.—
Austin Meek,
New York Times,
9 July 2025
Adverb
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Few modern conflicts have certainly sparked as much global outrage, division, and scrutiny as the war in Gaza — not just because of the war’s scale, but for the staggering human toll on civilians.—
Andy Meek,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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At $1,500, the 10 Recumbent Bike is certainly an investment.—
Sara Coughlin,
SELF,
1 July 2025
Adverb
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The Mandalorian and Andor are done (Mando with its movie), The Acolyte was cancelled, The Book of Boba Fett is definitely dead.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The much smaller women’s bath hall shows that this was definitely a man’s world during Hot Springs’ peak years as a therapeutic and recreational resort.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 June 2025
Adverb
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And with your newfound glow, your bridal glam will surely appear more luminous.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
1 July 2025
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And anyone who watched the first Test will surely agree that the primacy of Test and international cricket should still be paramount.—
Paul Newman,
New York Times,
30 June 2025
Adverb
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Those costs will all but assuredly be passed on to the people who pay electric bills.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
30 June 2025
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Elvira Reyes took to the Internet to fight for two of the most important people of her college career at Purdue Northwest because without them, she and other first-generation students assuredly would’ve been lost.—
Michelle L. Quinn,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2025
Adverb
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Using solar power to keep the battery topped up potentially allows a drone to lie in ambush and watch for an extended, if not indefinite, period.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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The bill is funded in part though funding cuts to food stamps, upon which many low-income Americans in red states rely, as well as to Medicaid, potentially spelling the end for many rural hospitals.—
Christiaan Hetzner,
Fortune,
1 July 2025
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“Definitively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/definitively. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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