explosively

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Recent Examples of explosively Needless to say, biographers, past and present, have been explosively interested in what that dealing consisted of. Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025 According to the team, modern data from magnetic reconnection studies—a process where magnetic energy is explosively converted to heat and kinetic energy—were key to the discovery. Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025 Bigelow’s explosively entertaining real-time thriller, told from multiple perspectives at various levels of government from situation room deputies to POTUS (Idris Elba) himself, does not mince on hopelessness. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for explosively
Adverb
  • Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection strongly recommends that guests who use wheelchairs travel with a companion who can provide assistance.
    Amanda Eyre Ward, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2025
  • European leaders strongly condemned the drone incursions and demanded new sanctions against Moscow.
    Barbara Erling, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • The numbers unfold in impressively layered choreography as the Shakers move vigorously in an effort to clear their minds and bodies of sin.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Whether shown vigorously doing push-ups (the elderly actor is still in tremendous shape) or in tender moments with O’Toole that remind us that sensuality needn’t diminish with age, Glenn owns the film from first moment to last, investing his crusty character with dignity and subtle humor.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • The South Korean workers' treatment stands in stark contrast to the experiences of tens of thousands of Mexicans, Venezuelans and Guatemalans who face months in jail-like detention centers before being forcibly deported.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • More than 350 Greenlandic Indigenous women and girls, including some 12 years old and younger, reported that they were forcibly given contraception by Danish health authorities in cases that date back to the 1960s, according to an independent investigation’s findings released Tuesday.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • It’s just continued to blossom and open up in a really powerfully, deep, physical, cultural, social, political way.
    Carmen Rios, Flow Space, 5 Sep. 2025
  • And his thoughts are just so powerfully poignant, in some ways the job is very easy.
    Maria Reva September 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Food delivery is one of the most fiercely competitive battlefields.
    Eunice Yoon, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Entertainment complex and Loews Hotels, which led to winning the fiercely competitive bid for the National Medal of Honor Museum.
    Forbes Books Press Release Official, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • That looks like a different Caleb Williams to me, so Ben Johnson's coached him hard this offseason.
    Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The mixer's bowl boasts a distinctive walnut shade and wood grain pattern, and its food-safe seal means the bowl works hard (and looks good doing it).
    Ella Field, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Even 6 inches of swiftly moving water can forcefully knock you off your feet.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Even just 6 inches of swiftly moving water can forcefully knock you off your feet.
    Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • The roots of my family tree are firmly established in the soil of Great Britain.
    Elizabeth Bass Parman, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Plus, the rust-tone orange is vibrant, and the strings on the back keep the cushions firmly in place.
    Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Explosively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/explosively. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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