determinedly

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Recent Examples of determinedly The brand has been slowly but steadily growing its own store fleet — even as the sisters remain determinedly behind the scenes. Wwd Staff, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for determinedly
Adverb
  • Nobody worked harder in practice, and that became contagious to his teammates.
    Michael Russo, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The best curtains on Amazon are hard-working pieces of home decor.
    Shoko Wanger, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Knox says that this scene ended up in the script after several discussions with Steinberg about making sure the story resolutely focused on the idea that humanity is all about change and growth.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The show was also filmed in color at a time when British TV was resolutely black-and-white, meaning that fans had to imagine the vibrant green, orange, and yellow color schemes of Thunderbirds 2, 3, and 4, respectively, for themselves.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Over the course of the series, Heon has been diligently writing down and illustrating each of Ji-yeon’s culinary creations.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Tribal, local, and state law enforcement agencies are working diligently to bring the suspect to justice.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • The screenwriter, Nora Garrett, has achieved an amusingly florid Hollywood simulacrum—one that tilts into knowing parody—of an intensely self-regarding world.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
  • At some point, the Cubs believe, those intensely competitive instincts will take over.
    Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Hydrolyzed proteins replenish lost amino acids that intensively nourish and maintain hair in a healthy, balanced state.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Often, the soil was intensively and industrially farmed only a few years ago.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • An end-user can simply command the AI to do a cleanup, wait and see what happens, and if needed, go ahead and repeat the declaration doggedly.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • For the last 20 years, Lisa Speer has been working doggedly to protect biodiversity and environmental interests in international waters, commonly known as the high seas, which cover half our planet.
    Bonnie Tsui, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • As several women listen intently, Belushi, donning a toga, rips the guitar out of Bishop's hands and smashes it into a wall.
    Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The pet cam showed Rio laying on the floor, directly in front of the television, watching it intently.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The excavation process has been purposefully slow to avoid further collapse, and rescue forces have worked in shifts to carefully remove the debris.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Bubba purposefully knocks a girl down with a dodgeball, and when Mary tells him to stop being mean, Bubba punches her.
    Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Determinedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/determinedly. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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