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Recent Examples of externally
In analyzing Charlotte’s guard-heavy roster, many pundits externally don’t view the Hornets’ frontline as a strength.
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Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 4 Oct. 2025
The pressure came both internally from league officials and externally from TV audiences and fans on social media, to standardize the zone and increase their accuracy.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025
Work hard to build structures, both externally and internally.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
Wrap your triceps down away from your chest and toward the mat to externally rotate your shoulders.
—Julia Eskins, Outside, 22 Sep. 2025
When everyone within a company tells a different version of its story, confusion follows—internally and externally.
—Guy Murrel, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Lift the right knee up and out to the side, externally rotating your right hip for a clamshell.
—Mallory Creveling, Health, 17 Sep. 2025
But there is also palpable optimism emanating from within the organization and unlike a year ago, that optimism is palpable externally as well.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
So this book is born from my deep listening at the moment when everything was changing, internally and externally.
—Tembi Locke, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 4 Oct. 2025
The pressure came both internally from league officials and externally from TV audiences and fans on social media, to standardize the zone and increase their accuracy.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025
Work hard to build structures, both externally and internally.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
Wrap your triceps down away from your chest and toward the mat to externally rotate your shoulders.
—Julia Eskins, Outside, 22 Sep. 2025
When everyone within a company tells a different version of its story, confusion follows—internally and externally.
—Guy Murrel, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Lift the right knee up and out to the side, externally rotating your right hip for a clamshell.
—Mallory Creveling, Health, 17 Sep. 2025
But there is also palpable optimism emanating from within the organization and unlike a year ago, that optimism is palpable externally as well.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
So this book is born from my deep listening at the moment when everything was changing, internally and externally.
—Tembi Locke, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for externally
Adverb
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Mickelson has been outwardly supporting of Kirk in the days following his assassination in Utah, making frequent X posts commemorating the conservative influencer and celebrating his life and legacy.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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Maron, who’s become an increasingly vocal critic of comedians who inadvertently, or outwardly, cater to the right, shared a particularly blunt video on TikTok that was at once a dire warning and a call to action.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
18 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The team went from Noelvi Marte, visibly struggling with his confidence at third base, to a Gold Glove third baseman in Ke’Bryan Hayes taking over that spot.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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The twosome was visibly emotional, with Trent smiling widely and Selena appearing to tear up, footage shows.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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But apparently nothing says 'Make America Great Again' like turning Yosemite into one giant toilet.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
4 Oct. 2025
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Witnesses told police that the shooting occurred after two parties apparently disagreed about exchanging car insurance information following a minor accident.—
Amy McDaniel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The anachronistic, startling tall ship and black mast, the word Dash clearly visible upon her prow, supposedly took the blasts and disappeared again.—
Leanna Renee Hieber,
Big Think,
2 Oct. 2025
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And a bed in Room 19 is haunted by a bride who supposedly hung herself from the headboard in 1912.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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There is another narrow corridor extending from the room, seemingly leading to another space.—
Eli Sharabi,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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With the basketball gods seemingly siding with Indiana, the Aces needed someone to step up with Young and Wilson the only Vegas players in double figures – up stepped Gray.—
Frank Nunns O'Connell,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The personality was evidently deliberately neutered.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
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There is evidently room for improvement based on last season’s output.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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While Järnkrok skated on ostensibly the Leafs’ fifth line at their most recent full practice, Berube vaulted him up to the team’s top line alongside John Tavares and William Nylander against the Montreal Canadiens in Saturday’s preseason game.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
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Rookie Bradgley Rodriguez, who is ostensibly competing for a spot on the wild-card roster, worked a scoreless sixth.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Externally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/externally. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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