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to a great degree
an extremely hot day
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Recent Examples of extremely
The extremely diverse group speaks nine different languages and a quarter of the recruits are women, a higher number than any previous class, agency officials said.
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 19 June 2025
Humor is an extremely useful and common coping strategy that can help some process such a heavy and traumatic event, according to Marni Amsellem, a licensed psychologist.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 19 June 2025
Winning a big prize in the lottery is extremely rare.
—Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
Even the stock market has mostly recovered from an extremely tumultuous April.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 18 June 2025
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 19 June 2025
Humor is an extremely useful and common coping strategy that can help some process such a heavy and traumatic event, according to Marni Amsellem, a licensed psychologist.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 19 June 2025
Winning a big prize in the lottery is extremely rare.
—Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
Even the stock market has mostly recovered from an extremely tumultuous April.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extremely
Adverb
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That is almost unfathomable, considering the Celtics are one of the most storied franchises in all of professional sports, and the Mavericks were a very good franchise in a very valuable market.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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Fans will get a chance to see Psycho Clown in a WWE environment very soon.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
Adverb
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Both Marlins righties are incredibly talented and expected to be available at the trade deadline.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
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Victor is incredibly easy to talk to, and on a wide array of subjects, so chatting about Olga soon led to talking about their own cat (Clyde) and this writer’s pair of tuxedos (Felix and Oscar) and their various adventures with in-house vermin (mostly bad).—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
25 June 2025
Adverb
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After its last attempt to take down the Autobots goes terribly awry, he’s booted out of the Decepticons forever.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
12 June 2025
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As events would soon make clear, that assumption was terribly misguided.—
Vali Nasr,
Foreign Affairs,
10 June 2025
Adverb
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This suggests that the issues that may have caused both the engines to fail likely occurred at nearly the same moment— a highly unusual scenario, experts said.—
Mika Gröndahl,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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But the most important thing about Wellness Weekend is the opportunity to connect in the highly coveted eastern enclave of Long Island, says Saggio.—
Amanda Lauren,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
Adverb
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Guns too easily get into the hands of the wrong people—a killer, or a child.—
Abigail Pesta,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2025
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Yet, the messaging does not come across as too heavy or overbearing.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Parents,
17 June 2025
Adverb
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Strong winds are occurring but are not so strong as to warrant a High wind warning.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
22 June 2025
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Three Posts Cayton 5-Piece Tiered Shelf While decor is important, so is having a place to display those accent pieces.—
Rachel Trujillo,
People.com,
22 June 2025
Adverb
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The officers are not believed to have been badly hurt and were released from Bellevue Hospital Monday evening.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
16 June 2025
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The soldier had been badly injured in a shootout in Kursk with a Ukrainian fighter from the 8th regiment whose call sign is Bulat.—
Joanna Kakissis,
NPR,
16 June 2025
Adverb
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While Nintendo mostly conceded the corporate tug-of-war over graphical prowess back in 2006 with the Wii, the general plateau of visual enhancements over the last two generations means that games running on Switch 2 look pretty damned good even compared to more premium devices.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
5 June 2025
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This is typically where everyone’s hindsight becomes so damned good.—
Eli Amdur,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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“Extremely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extremely. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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