as in completely
to a full extent or degree
are you entirely aware of what you're doing with that thing?
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Recent Examples of entirely
The fire crew managed to contain the fire entirely as of Friday evening.
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Her case cracked the door open for other young talent to skip college entirely, but in reality, college soccer is still a key pipeline despite its changing landscape.
—Meg Linehan, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
But now, our work, which had been slated to continue next year with a new batch of students who would benefit from the grant, is now entirely in jeopardy.
—Sarah Blomeley, Time, 25 Apr. 2025
But this approach faces a major hurdle: in most industries, A.I. development is entirely privately funded, with profit as the primary driver and government directives often viewed as interference.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Her case cracked the door open for other young talent to skip college entirely, but in reality, college soccer is still a key pipeline despite its changing landscape.
—Meg Linehan, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
But now, our work, which had been slated to continue next year with a new batch of students who would benefit from the grant, is now entirely in jeopardy.
—Sarah Blomeley, Time, 25 Apr. 2025
But this approach faces a major hurdle: in most industries, A.I. development is entirely privately funded, with profit as the primary driver and government directives often viewed as interference.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entirely
Adverb
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The best highlighter sticks are embodied by a few of our favorite adjectives: convenient, straightforward, and totally stunning.—
Annie Blackman,
Allure,
30 Apr. 2025
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The film’s slim thread to recognizable reality is Kendrick’s Stephanie, who always looks like someone who would nervously pill a dinner roll while pretending to be totally absorbed in the table conversation.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
30 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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The offer was conditioned on Sexton being fully vaccinated.—
Dan Eaton,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Apr. 2025
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American Oversight originally filed its lawsuit over the use of Signal last month and secured an order requiring the Trump administration to preserve the messages; however, in the weeks since Judge James Boasberg issued his order, multiple Cabinet-levels have been unable to fully save the messages.—
Alexandra Hutzler,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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When asked about it in his pre-match press conference, Silva, quite fairly, dismissed its relevance in strong terms.—
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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But by the end of the 19th century, the industrial social-economic order that tariffs helped foster were quite different from what earlier protectionists had promised.—
Made by History,
Time,
28 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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The little bit of smooth jazz on Brandon Roberts’ score only emphasizes that the pair is living in a wholly anonymous, minimalistic template that provides them no true comfort, just the facade of abundance.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
23 Apr. 2025
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Not wholly dissimilar from Azure Virtual Desktop, AWS WorkSpaces has been engineered to host virtual desktops in the cloud.—
Adrian Bridgwater,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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The popular style is all about big and chunky belts, so this set of three woven ones fits the bill perfectly.—
Michelle Tchea,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Apr. 2025
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Robinson’s brand of middle-class psycho surrealism works perfectly in bite-size sketch-comedy doses.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
24 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Because many nursing sessions end with the baby fast asleep (and the parent utterly exhausted), these pillows have taken on double duty as a napping spot for babies.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
28 Apr. 2025
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Property tax levels in 1932 soared to 7 percent of GDP, an absolutely unconscionable number that is utterly inconsistent with maintaining a viable private economy.—
Brian Domitrovic,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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If Ward, Sanders, and Dart are all off the board when the Steelers come up, the team could get desperate.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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Or, as Dries put it, was all about paying attention.—
Brett Braley,
Robb Report,
23 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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As such, while some are believed to be hollow, many dinosaur bones haven’t been examined thoroughly enough to prove for sure that the cavities inside vertebrae are somehow connected to the lungs.—
Joshua Rapp Learn,
Discover Magazine,
19 Apr. 2025
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Studies suggest that candidates who thoroughly research a company before interviews are more likely to receive job offers.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Entirely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entirely. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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