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as in legally
according to the rules or the law had acquired the land fairly

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Recent Examples of fairly According to the team, this kind of fang breakage likely occurs fairly often. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025 And scientists actually have studied SSRIs in pregnancy fairly extensively. Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025 To her, the question wasn’t why the judge was forcing the Sheriff's Office to spend so much money to ensure the county’s residents were being treated fairly and not being racially profiled. Richard Ruelas, AZCentral.com, 23 Oct. 2025 Attorneys said his situation is fairly common and offer recommendations. Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fairly
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Adverb
  • During a pretty boring game that ended in a 105-95 Knicks win, Eagle and his analyst, Stan Van Gundy, made some chicken salad.
    Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • In the spring of 2024, another photo, the last, showed him in pretty much the same outfit somewhere on the streets of Santa Fe, clinging to Betsy’s arm.
    Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Some trappers focus on humane, live-capture and relocation for nuisance animals, while others are licensed hunters who can legally trap and kill animals during hunting seasons.
    Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The pledge is a moral commitment rather than a legally binding contract—participants sign an open letter explaining their reasons for giving.
    Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The Dancing With the Stars judging panel almost got through Wicked night without flying off the handle.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
  • In September, a 130-unit building in Chicago’s South Shore was raided, with almost every one of the building’s residents — even children — being detained.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Although Harrison is relatively new to UFC, she's been professionally fighting for years.
    Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The University of Miami law school graduate was a relatively young prosecutor in 2004 when she was chosen to lead a team to prosecute Smith — who was ultimately convicted of the murders of six people, mostly associated with gang activity and drug trade.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Recreate Witherspoon’s rich monochromatic look with these burgundy pants that are practically begging to be worn during holiday gatherings.
    Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • With such a wide array of benefits and potential savings, an Amazon Prime membership will practically pay for itself.
    Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • This shortfall was quite disappointing.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 24 Oct. 2025
  • There’s also been quite a bit of slash and burn.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Gehl and his staff still have had to intervene when kids have misbehaved over the course of the brewery's nearly decade in business.
    Jordyn Noennig, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • In Michigan, where nearly 13% of households receive SNAP benefits, news of the pause had families, from Detroit to Interlochen, preparing to go to food pantries and worried about what's to come.
    Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The sixth-year veteran has been rather terrible as of late.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
  • But a few of those games have been rather close, particularly last year’s 30-27 win in double overtime.
    Chase Gemes, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Fairly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fairly. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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