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Recent Examples of emphatically
Last season, the Horned Frogs emphatically arrived with Campbell’s familiar ability to recruit and push the tempo and play fierce defense, to the tune of a 34-4 record and a trip to the Elite Eight.
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Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2026
Almost half of the Wisconsin electorate is emphatically negative toward the job the president is doing.
—Craig Gilbert, jsonline.com, 26 Mar. 2026
One member of High Point University’s pep band delivered that prescription when he was spotted emphatically hitting a cowbell on camera.
—Ryan Brennan
march 25, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2026
One member of High Point University’s pep band delivered that prescription when he was seen emphatically hitting a cowbell.
—Ryan Brennan
march 25, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
Huang emphatically disagrees with these characterizations.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 18 Mar. 2026
The last actor to win for a genre film might have been Joaquin Phoenix for Joker, since that was technically a comic-book movie, but that one did away with most of its genre trappings and pressed itself into a dramatic mold, which Sinners emphatically does not.
—Linda Holmes, NPR, 16 Mar. 2026
Then plate umpire Cory Blaser emphatically signaled strike three, stranding the potential tying run at third base and giving the United States a 2-1 win Sunday night that advanced the Americans to the World Baseball Classic championship game against Venezuela or Italy.
—Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
After a big-time hiccup in a 9-8 loss on Friday, the Longhorns rebounded emphatically, allowing just four runs over the next 18 innings.
—David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 15 Mar. 2026
Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2026
Almost half of the Wisconsin electorate is emphatically negative toward the job the president is doing.
—Craig Gilbert, jsonline.com, 26 Mar. 2026
One member of High Point University’s pep band delivered that prescription when he was spotted emphatically hitting a cowbell on camera.
—Ryan Brennan
march 25, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2026
One member of High Point University’s pep band delivered that prescription when he was seen emphatically hitting a cowbell.
—Ryan Brennan
march 25, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
Huang emphatically disagrees with these characterizations.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 18 Mar. 2026
The last actor to win for a genre film might have been Joaquin Phoenix for Joker, since that was technically a comic-book movie, but that one did away with most of its genre trappings and pressed itself into a dramatic mold, which Sinners emphatically does not.
—Linda Holmes, NPR, 16 Mar. 2026
Then plate umpire Cory Blaser emphatically signaled strike three, stranding the potential tying run at third base and giving the United States a 2-1 win Sunday night that advanced the Americans to the World Baseball Classic championship game against Venezuela or Italy.
—Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
After a big-time hiccup in a 9-8 loss on Friday, the Longhorns rebounded emphatically, allowing just four runs over the next 18 innings.
—David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 15 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emphatically
Adverb
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Their vile chants are surely loud enough to be heard from 25 feet away.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
29 Mar. 2026
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If one door closes, another one will surely open, and that is what 000 reminds us.—
Olivia Munson,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Yet their embarrassing 2-1 defeat at Macclesfield, from the sixth tier of football in England, as holders in the FA Cup’s third round in January was not against a team who massed resolutely in their own territory.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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Although most of the towns and villages around them are under de-facto Hezbollah control, Qlayaa — like other Christian, Sunni Muslim and Druze communities dotting the bucolic hills of Lebanon’s south — had taken a resolutely neutral position.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Though his injuries were severe, the sailors watched in wonder as the cat determinedly licked his wounds, then got back to work destroying the rats threatening the ship’s food stores.—
Anne Ewbank,
Popular Science,
18 Feb. 2026
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Carreras scored the crucial opening goal, determinedly driving into the box and finishing in an individual flourish that unlocked the match in the 65th minute.—
Mario Cortegana,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The Kremlin has also steadfastly denied it.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2026
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Madrid, meanwhile, are steadfastly backing the allegations made by Vinicius Jr, who has faced an obscene amount of racial abuse during his eight-year career at the Bernabeu.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Gary and Portage also made a pitch for the Bears, but state officials put the ball solidly in Hammond’s court.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2026
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With Brent crude trading solidly above $100 a barrel, much of the attention has focused on oil prices, but Pouyanné said the crisis is having a much larger impact on product prices.—
Pippa Stevens,
CNBC,
24 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Normal was decidedly not the right way to describe Dugalić’s college tenure.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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When designer Alex Alonso first walked into this home just south of Palm Beach, the situation was decidedly bleak in a very specific way.—
Kathryn O’Shea-Evans,
Robb Report,
29 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Sunak was soundly defeated in 2024, and Starmer came in on a wave of hope that Britain could redefine its role in the world.—
Kamal Ahmed,
Fortune,
26 Mar. 2026
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Our global editorial director and US editor in chief Amy Astley sleeps soundly on this medium-firm mattress night after night thanks to five ergonomic zones for support and layers of soft organic natural latex.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
19 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Now, when a ball-strike call is challenged, the strike zone will be rigidly defined based on a batter’s height.—
Juliette Arcodia,
NBC news,
24 Mar. 2026
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Handling has been sharpened by rigidly mounting the rear subframe and reworking the Bilstein dampers.—
Basem Wasef,
Robb Report,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Emphatically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emphatically. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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