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as in excitedly
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as in actively
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Recent Examples of eagerly
Nurse Mugun says people are eagerly awaiting the rollout.
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Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
Bryce Eldridge's friends eagerly await his major league arrival to the Giants.
—David Driver, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
Despite his ordeal, Trader Joe soon began showing his sweet nature, eagerly greeting people at his kennel and leaning in for head scratches.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Since Nvidia leads in artificial intelligence stocks, investors are eagerly awaiting the company’s financial results.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
Asking after family and eagerly reporting on his own.
—Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Naturally, for me, that means eagerly anticipating the new restaurants coming our way as autumn arrives.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Getty Images With the NFL preseason concluding this weekend, organizations and fans eagerly await the start of the regular season.
—Mark Lasota, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
The latte has since become a fall staple for many coffee drinkers, and for the last two decades, customers nationwide have eagerly awaited the return of Starbucks' signature drink.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2025
Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
Bryce Eldridge's friends eagerly await his major league arrival to the Giants.
—David Driver, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
Despite his ordeal, Trader Joe soon began showing his sweet nature, eagerly greeting people at his kennel and leaning in for head scratches.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Since Nvidia leads in artificial intelligence stocks, investors are eagerly awaiting the company’s financial results.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
Asking after family and eagerly reporting on his own.
—Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Naturally, for me, that means eagerly anticipating the new restaurants coming our way as autumn arrives.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Getty Images With the NFL preseason concluding this weekend, organizations and fans eagerly await the start of the regular season.
—Mark Lasota, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
The latte has since become a fall staple for many coffee drinkers, and for the last two decades, customers nationwide have eagerly awaited the return of Starbucks' signature drink.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eagerly
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The three actors were filming a lighthearted scene, shuffling excitedly between a hot sauna and cold plunge, when Reeves’ foot caught on some flooring.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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In several photos Booker shared, he can be seen down on one knee asking the big question, with Lewis responding excitedly.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
3 Sep. 2025
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Organizations actively developing ProSocial AI become magnets for engineers, data scientists, and ethicists who want meaningful work that contributes positively to society.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Chérizier, 48, who’s been actively meeting with former rivals, may be trying to duplicate the conditions in Carrefour, a sprawling suburb south of the capital where gangs now settle disputes, enact rules and profit from residents’ commercial activities.—
Johnny Fils-Aimé,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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If the client or patient were being avidly enabled by a fellow human, a therapist would almost certainly want to find out why and how this occurs.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Men in the imperial aristocracy also avidly read texts in Japanese, but nobody, male or female, bothered to retain for the historical record the actual name of The Tale of Genji’s author, even though she was recognized during her lifetime as a supremely skilled writer.—
Lauren Groff,
The Atlantic,
20 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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The first cohort of seniors to have contended — not always enthusiastically — with a digital society has reached the age when cognitive impairment becomes more common.—
Paul Spann,
Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
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The area has enthusiastically welcomed not one, but two romance-fiction bookstores in the past few months.—
Hannah Kirby,
jsonline.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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In Lake County, State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart campaigned heartily in favor of the act.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
28 July 2025
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Siskel and Ebert themselves couldn’t have disagreed more heartily.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 July 2025
Adverb
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By that yardstick, this clearance moved briskly.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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There are multiple scenes of him as a younger man walking briskly on city streets, briefcase tucked under an arm – purposeful, directed, not idling or taking in the ambiance around him.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
29 Aug. 2025
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More Americans are keenly searching for ways to live abroad and how and where to obtain second passports, and Argentina is certainly one to watch.—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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European countries have broadly pledged to increase military spending, although nations forming NATO's eastern flank, close to Russia, have more keenly felt Moscow's presence and traditionally spent a higher percentage of their GDP on defense.—
Ellie Cook — reporting from Prague, Czech Republic,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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After walking the red carpet, Elordi and Isaac gamely stopped for selfies and autographs with the hordes of fans outside the theater.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
30 Aug. 2025
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While the Administration has gamely, and repeatedly, fired back.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Eagerly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eagerly. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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