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Recent Examples of faithfully
From vintage polo shirts to retro radio reports, Filho faithfully recreates the era to prove that the bad times did happen.
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
Second, another concern is that the AI would not faithfully represent the specifications given in a prompt.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Huge numbers of American fundamentalists and evangelicals—not just cultural Christians, but also those who faithfully attend church and Bible-study sessions and prayer gatherings—prefer the MAGA Jesus to the real Jesus.
—Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2026
Season 1 faithfully follows the story laid out in the first installment of Martin's novella series, The Hedge Knight, while Season 2, which has already been greenlit, will be adapted from the second, The Sworn Sword.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 16 Jan. 2026
The people who faithfully kept slathering it on their burgers are the story.
—Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
Rose Bryne’s younger brother George carrying the train of her dress faithfully all the way down the carpet.
—Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 11 Jan. 2026
Ask simply to live more faithfully in the here and now.
—Terry Mattingly, Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2026
Now, a team of researchers in China has crossed this barrier by producing a miniature womb on a chip that faithfully recreates how human embryos attach to and burrow into the uterine lining.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Jan. 2026
Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
Second, another concern is that the AI would not faithfully represent the specifications given in a prompt.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Huge numbers of American fundamentalists and evangelicals—not just cultural Christians, but also those who faithfully attend church and Bible-study sessions and prayer gatherings—prefer the MAGA Jesus to the real Jesus.
—Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2026
Season 1 faithfully follows the story laid out in the first installment of Martin's novella series, The Hedge Knight, while Season 2, which has already been greenlit, will be adapted from the second, The Sworn Sword.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 16 Jan. 2026
The people who faithfully kept slathering it on their burgers are the story.
—Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
Rose Bryne’s younger brother George carrying the train of her dress faithfully all the way down the carpet.
—Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 11 Jan. 2026
Ask simply to live more faithfully in the here and now.
—Terry Mattingly, Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2026
Now, a team of researchers in China has crossed this barrier by producing a miniature womb on a chip that faithfully recreates how human embryos attach to and burrow into the uterine lining.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for faithfully
Adverb
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Schedule Policy/Career is an attempt to disarm that weapon by restoring accountability precisely where expertise and policy are most intertwined.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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But that’s precisely what makes Melania such a curious development, the first time in either of her husband’s presidencies that the first lady has planted herself so directly in the spotlight.—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The Vikings cruised to a quick score to open the game, but the Commanders responded with a drive that started out respectably.—
Nicki Jhabvala,
New York Times,
8 Dec. 2025
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Gonzalez fouled Brunson once but otherwise held up respectably against the Knicks star in his maiden shift.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Troy was leery, noting disgustedly, and correctly, that law enforcement had decided this time to send a Black detective, Penelton, hoping that this would put him at ease enough to finally talk.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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However, this also means that if there is a problem with the pilot light, the water heater cannot function correctly.—
Timothy Dale,
The Spruce,
28 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The winner is the person who can hold on to this trajectory the longest, ideally cashing out in the microsecond before the randomized formula shoots the line perilously downward.—
Jasper Craven,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Pau Cubarsi’s elevation to the first XI as a 16-year-old shows that Barca isn’t afraid to throw young defenders in at the deep end, and the Dutchman would ideally become a long-term partner to the La Masia product.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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This week’s forecast, appropriately enough, calls for sunshine and temperatures in the mid-70s for the 72-hole event.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Boyd was wearing a light-brown corduroy jacket with elbow patches that struck me as appropriately literary, and Wheeler was in blue shirtsleeves that matched his eyes.—
Nell Freudenberger,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Concert tickets routinely include service and transaction fees—rightly criticized, but widely normalized.—
Shain Shapiro,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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That’s been cut from the menu, rightly.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Heating up to 200 square feet, this space heater works to warm a home office as well as decently sized living room.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
23 Jan. 2026
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The Nightingale has had a decently long journey to the screen, beginning with TriStar’s move to lock down film rights in 2015, with Ann Peacock coming on to write and Cantillon to produce.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
16 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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That said, Fatu-Rhodes was entertaining, but Styles-Nakamura was fittingly a classic.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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What keeps things going is, fittingly, concrete.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Faithfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faithfully. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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