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Recent Examples of finely
Infighting hindered everything from product planning to manufacturing, and leadership decisions had to finely balance French and German commercial and political interests.
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2025
The surface is finely textured to help release food more efficiently.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
And now Hyland and her colleagues’ recent study of the 500-year-old khipu (officially labelled KH0631) shows that an Inca commoner not only made a khipu but a finely crafted, beautifully decorated one at that.
—ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025
Matcha is a finely ground powder of green tea leaves with a high caffeine content, while hojicha is a roasted green tea with less caffeine.
—Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2025
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2025
The surface is finely textured to help release food more efficiently.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
And now Hyland and her colleagues’ recent study of the 500-year-old khipu (officially labelled KH0631) shows that an Inca commoner not only made a khipu but a finely crafted, beautifully decorated one at that.
—ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025
Matcha is a finely ground powder of green tea leaves with a high caffeine content, while hojicha is a roasted green tea with less caffeine.
—Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for finely
Adverb
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For his part, Law, who will premiere his own film this week, provided an excellently convincing argument in the fiery northern Mediterranean man-fashion white-dinner-jacket debate that a double-breasted’s peaked lapels should each properly be the dimension of an aircraft carrier deck.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Options, so many options Rotation was a key theme of Chelsea’s summer as Enzo Maresca excellently navigated their way to Club World Cup triumph in the United States.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
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The Sao Paolo Grand Prix, finishing third alongside Ocon's second was a standout performance for the driver, who managed to navigate the wet race superbly.—
Alex Harrington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Sep. 2025
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This is a unique portrait of families and their foibles, both amusing and annoying, superbly acted by an exceptional cast fully inhabiting their characters.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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One suspects that these tunes will translate marvelously on the concert stage.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
6 Aug. 2025
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On the far other end of the likability spectrum, Blenkin is marvelously repulsive as Boy Kavalier, whose arrogance might be more toxic even than xenomorph blood.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Aug. 2025
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Ivanov, the fabulously wealthy former deputy defense minister who was responsible for military construction projects, among other things, received his harsh prison sentence for allegedly embezzling more than four billion rubles ($52 million) through foreign bank transfers.—
ANDREI KOLESNIKOV,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Sep. 2025
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In the long run, though, Duse is mostly a stylish stream of scenes from a life, however fabulously and strangely that life was lived.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2025
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Prioritize safety, stay impeccably informed, and assume responsibility to shield lives and property.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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The courts are also cleaned regularly, which, sadly, is unique for New York City’s public courts, and those indoors are impeccably lit — the LED lights are balanced so there are no dead spots in the lighting or weird shadows.—
David Shaftel,
Curbed,
26 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Next morning at breakfast Amby complains grandly of his soreness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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But the film’s wild, icy and rural visuals, captured grandly by cinematographer Tyson Perkins, are astonishingly gorgeous to meditate in.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
14 Aug. 2025
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The biggest downside of the WWE maze was the stretch of blackout hallways of nothingness — a rarity in the otherwise always immaculately themed Horror Nights mazes.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Finely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finely. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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