as in extremely
to a great degree
fiercely hot weather
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Recent Examples of fiercely
Former Madrid, Milan and Netherlands midfielder Clarence Seedorf — working as a pundit on Prime’s coverage of the game — was fiercely critical of that choice of words from Mourinho.
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Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Experts in the energy industry are fiercely conflicted on what, or who, is to blame.
—Noah Dormady, The Conversation, 18 Feb. 2026
Sternhell’s thesis on the French origins of fascism was fiercely contested in a France that, even as late as the 1980s, was still grappling with the historical entanglement between the political cultures of the Third Republic and those of the Vichy state.
—Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel fiercely defended this rule.
—Joseph De Weck, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
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Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Experts in the energy industry are fiercely conflicted on what, or who, is to blame.
—Noah Dormady, The Conversation, 18 Feb. 2026
Sternhell’s thesis on the French origins of fascism was fiercely contested in a France that, even as late as the 1980s, was still grappling with the historical entanglement between the political cultures of the Third Republic and those of the Vichy state.
—Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel fiercely defended this rule.
—Joseph De Weck, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiercely
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Today any surface that has a coating, any device that uses stacks of extremely thin films — television screens, cell phone screens and the microchips inside — can be traced back to Katharine, repeatedly dipping a metal plate in a trough of water.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
26 Feb. 2026
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Wlazlo is extremely driven and results-oriented, Tessaro said.—
Brian Womack,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Tel Aviv, Israel — Undermining this moment of relief for many repressed Iranians is that killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is a perilously simple fix to a very complex problem.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
1 Mar. 2026
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The Innova 5610 is very capable and has decent price.—
Hartford Courant,
Hartford Courant,
28 Feb. 2026
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Meanwhile, close to 300,000 households were in the dark at the peak of the storm amid incredibly strong winds on Monday, and it’s expected to take days for many to get power back.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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Fentanyl is an incredibly potent synthetic opioid that can be fatal in very small doses.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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But all of this rapturous gazing made up a terribly small fraction of the experience of being a parent.—
Daniel Smith,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2026
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But the arguments that AI will take over tasks and that will allow people to be more fully human is terribly mistaken and overtly hubristic.—
Caleb Harris,
Austin American Statesman,
26 Feb. 2026
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Vector control districts in Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura counties have confirmed a significant increase in mosquito activity, which is highly unusual for this time of the year.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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His aspirations, after a highly successful season, could be among the highest in the NFL.—
Joseph Hoyt,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Feb. 2026
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The Legislature and Newsom acted when the low reading skills of California’s kids, as determined by nationwide testing, became too obvious to ignore.—
Dan Walters,
Oc Register,
26 Feb. 2026
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Marlana McElvaine’s family thinks so, too.—
Elise Hammond,
CNN Money,
26 Feb. 2026
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This is not the countryside nor suburbia; this is New York City, the greatest city in the world, and one that desperately needs the aggressive pursuit of new homes.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Also, Netflix’s robust profit margins and balance sheet put it in a better position to invest in more content, which theaters need desperately.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Feb. 2026
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The seven-episode limited series (four of which were screened for review) is also an intensely curious character study that centers the damage done by repressed desires, as well as the liberty found in their uninhibited acceptance.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
26 Feb. 2026
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Mondragon, though, mostly transcends meaninglessness by having to stare intensely at a stranger’s reaction — the medium is the message, as always.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Fiercely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiercely. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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