as in solely
for nothing other than
his best paintings are the ones that he did exclusively for the sheer pleasure they gave him
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Recent Examples of exclusively
Dane exclusively revealed his ALS diagnosis to PEOPLE in April 2025.
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Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
City Manager Sheryl Long recently proposed expanding a city ordinance that would designate the city's transit centers as exclusively for those intending on taking public transportation.
—David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2025
Through the 1990s, research on risk factors and treatments was conducted almost exclusively on white men.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 30 Sep. 2025
Archaeologists have identified a cultural boundary between Japha/Nazareth and Sepphoris—the former being more exclusively Jewish with the latter more multicultural and Hellenistic.
—Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
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Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
City Manager Sheryl Long recently proposed expanding a city ordinance that would designate the city's transit centers as exclusively for those intending on taking public transportation.
—David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2025
Through the 1990s, research on risk factors and treatments was conducted almost exclusively on white men.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 30 Sep. 2025
Archaeologists have identified a cultural boundary between Japha/Nazareth and Sepphoris—the former being more exclusively Jewish with the latter more multicultural and Hellenistic.
—Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exclusively
Adverb
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So, while firing a worker solely for a statement or a belief may be shortsighted, companies can and will take action when employee behavior erodes trust, respect, or collaboration.—
Johnny C. Taylor Jr,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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Their 7-3 win over the Cubs in Game 2 of the other NLDS matchup was powered solely by three monster home runs.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Social media spaces are increasingly closed and personalized; where random Twitter figures could bring their ideas to the president in 2018, now only the most manic — Loomer, the MAGA legal figure Mike Davis — cut through, and benefit.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Numbers provided by Cincinnati Public Schools show that the school district had 4,326 homeless students last year, representing a 77% increase from a decade prior, despite total student enrollment increasing by only 538 students over the same period of time.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Items can be either purely cosmetic or allow players to advance more quickly through a game.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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There were several who offered workarounds, however, with some saying to use the physical shops purely to check sizing.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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After hours, a barista will usher you into Say Less Speakeasy, a lofty bar and lounge hidden behind an unassuming bookshelf just past the café register.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Other parts of the country are nearing their peak, like northeastern Washington, central Oregon, eastern Montana, most of North Dakota, just over half of Michigan, as well as a large portion of Upstate New York.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Acting like a child in the locker room and not even facing reporters postgame is simply unacceptable.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Kindle Scribe has always been about focusing on reading and writing without distractions, and this update simply enhances that experience without getting off track and adding fluff.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Exclusively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exclusively. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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