as in extremely
to a great degree
all of a sudden everything went desperately wrong
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Recent Examples of desperately
With Austria desperately throwing men forward, a cross nodded back across goal found Wolves striker Kalajdzic, who somehow powered his header through a crowd of bodies to secure a 3-3 draw.
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Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
28 June 2026
There was only debris and people desperately trying to rescue neighbors from the rubble.
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Eléonore Hughes,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2026
There was only debris left and people desperately trying to rescue neighbors from the rubble.
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ABC News,
26 June 2026
Some days are spent inside an Ebola Treatment Unit caring for patients who are frightened, isolated, and desperately ill.
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Krutika Kuppalli,
STAT,
26 June 2026
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Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
28 June 2026
There was only debris and people desperately trying to rescue neighbors from the rubble.
—
Eléonore Hughes,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2026
There was only debris left and people desperately trying to rescue neighbors from the rubble.
—
ABC News,
26 June 2026
Some days are spent inside an Ebola Treatment Unit caring for patients who are frightened, isolated, and desperately ill.
—
Krutika Kuppalli,
STAT,
26 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for desperately
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That restraint also challenges the idea that sauvignon blanc must be extremely aromatic to be recognizable.
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Superconductors can carry electricity with zero resistance, but only at extremely low temperatures.
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Wonderfully and terribly, everything does happen for Maddie after her adoring bear of a husband, Jake (Eric Rahill), makes a cooking video of her that goes massively viral.
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Perhaps the biggest problem with this movie is that Supergirl (Helen Slater) seems terribly leisurely about her fateful mission.
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On the way to the oyster farm, Luke asks about a ring Joy is wearing, which turns out to be from an engagement that ended badly.
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Two men were badly burned—one died, and the other remains hospitalized—and the Fiorella’s owners lost two more skiffs.
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Designers of these technologies have to be sensitive to the fact that consumers will invite these tools into their personal lives and homes, meaning that privacy and the scope of what will be collected must be incredibly strict.
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Doing both puts a lot of stress on the brain when temperatures rise, and some people are incredibly sensitive to it.
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At age 34, this very well could be the final World Cup for the 2014 Golden Boot winner at the competition.
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Until very recently, children in West Texas public schools were punished, even beaten, for speaking Spanish; today bilingual education is thriving.
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So too did a record 400-million-barrel release from the International Energy Agency’s strategic petroleum reserves – a supply boost that’s still underway.
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The man who made a reputation by doing the impossible with African Cup of Nation wins had too little time to find the magic with Tunisia.
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Valentine also testified that the FDA encourages infant formula companies to send in all adverse event reports and that nothing prevented Mead Johnson from doing so.
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The World Cup brings fans from around the world together and on game day, so does public transportation.
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This conversation happens right before the crew takes the guests on what looks like a really cool oyster farm tour.
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Tried and tested professionals to really help maintain a high standard.
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“Desperately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desperately. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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