encyclopedically

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Adverb
  • Wearing rubber gloves, use a sponge to spread the mixture all over the bottom of the oven.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Moving out of old tracks to fancy new ones all over the country alienated a large portion of its core constituency.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 13 Jan. 2026
Adverb
  • The most effective way to protect human health would be to cease the use of PFAS entirely in all but the most essential of products.
    Carrie McDonough, The Conversation, 29 May 2026
  • The 2026 election cycle is projected to produce a GPI of 45, a 30% jump, driven entirely by new maps rather than any change in voter behavior.
    Bruce Sibley, Time, 29 May 2026
Adverb
  • The book is a poetry collection structured in three acts with seven players, each assigned a color of the rainbow and an apparition’s name, each of whom needs an audience to fully exist.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 May 2026
  • But critics questioned if the arrangement fully addressed the core national security concerns that motivated the TikTok ban legislation in the first place because ByteDance was set to retain control of some of the US app’s operations.
    Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 29 May 2026
Adverb
  • Then stir or shake the solution until the sugar is completely dissolved.
    Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2026
  • Teams are completely shutting down the middle of the field.
    Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026
Adverb
  • And then there’s my white slip-on shoes that are comfortable for all-day walking (and are totally TSA-friendly).
    Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
  • Analyzing these outcomes, Goldman’s Megan Peters wrote in a note this morning, seen by Fortune, that the biggest risk of outright stockouts (where inventory is totally depleted) is in non-oil commodities, where markets are less global, and supply is often regional.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 May 2026
Adverb
  • At Amazon, the Financial Times reported, some employees spun up AI agents to complete wholly meaningless or unnecessary tasks just to keep up their token usage stats, which were now being used by managers to assess employee performance.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 28 May 2026
  • And in the decade since, Jenner has wholly lived up to the title.
    Kelsey Stiegman, InStyle, 28 May 2026
Adverb
  • The victorious 3-2 scoreline might not reflect it, but the USA thoroughly outplayed Senegal on Sunday in what will serve as a promising statement of intent for this home World Cup that kicks off in less than two weeks.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 31 May 2026
  • Water slowly and deeply to thoroughly wet the root zone.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 30 May 2026
Adverb
  • The six cameras now installed on the bridge don’t provide complete coverage and don’t allow police or other officials to comprehensively analyze an incident.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026
  • Toothless at one end, so vulnerable at the other, and comprehensively outworked in midfield.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 16 May 2026
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“Encyclopedically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encyclopedically. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.

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