as in else
in a different way
we do things differently around here
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Recent Examples of differently
After a near-fatal experience, Kaif began seeing both stories and silences differently.
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Feb. 2026
Yet the system now functions differently—not through rupture but through recalibration.
—Alejandro Reyes, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026
As his five complicated adult children begin to navigate life without their mother at the center, Leo is forced to find his own voice as a parent, moving out of wife’s shadow to become the family’s new, differently effective center.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026
But things could have ended much differently.
—Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Feb. 2026
Yet the system now functions differently—not through rupture but through recalibration.
—Alejandro Reyes, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026
As his five complicated adult children begin to navigate life without their mother at the center, Leo is forced to find his own voice as a parent, moving out of wife’s shadow to become the family’s new, differently effective center.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026
But things could have ended much differently.
—Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for differently
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Being here, paying however many thousands for tickets and airfare and all the related costs, is for something else.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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Italian model and, yes, girlfriend of Leonardo DiCaprio, Vittoria Ceretti, handed off the Italian flag while wearing a crisp, white Armani dress (what else).—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Differently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/differently. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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