as in highly
to a large extent or degree
several beaches were extensively damaged by the hurricane
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Adverb
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Its diverse gastronomic offerings are also a hit with young people; 95% rated the food scene highly.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
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The condition is highly contagious to other members of the canine family, such as dogs, but does not spread to humans, the department said.—
Mary Jo Pitzl,
AZCentral.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Side-Lying Leg Lifts Inner thigh muscles can greatly benefit from side-lying leg lifts.—
Sixteen Ramos,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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This greatly reduces the risk of unauthorized access.—
Ajai Paul,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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The stakes are massive and much wider than whether City’s on-pitch achievements will be undermined.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
15 Aug. 2025
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That album dropped five years after Khalid’s second album, 2019’s Free Spirit, which makes After the Sun Goes Down a much quicker release.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
15 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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This differs significantly from the focus of previous research, says Chunlei Guo, co-author of a study describing the breakthrough published in the journal Light: Science and Applications.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
17 Aug. 2025
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The findings showed a clear pattern where couples who spent more of the conversation laughing together (even after accounting for all other laughter) reported feeling significantly closer and more supported by their partner.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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And Just Like That left us with felt, sadly and utterly disappointingly, far more one-dimensional.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
15 Aug. 2025
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Kudos to Kan-Kan for making movie-going utterly pleasant.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Extensively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extensively. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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