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Recent Examples of fixedly
Wole faced fixedly forward, both fists clenching the steering wheel.
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David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fixedly
Adverb
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Rudd’s natural air of genial tension, of neurosis without an edge, plays into his character’s rigidly disciplined but relentlessly upbeat domesticity.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
29 May 2026
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Each focuses on the love stories of specific couples, but while the show doesn’t follow the books’ format rigidly, all the beloved characters are present.—
Jennifer McClellan,
USA Today,
17 May 2026
Adverb
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On it, the two trade not just verses but a series of escalating, truly incendiary guitar solos, Springsteen watching Morello intently and nodding encouragement and approval, before Morello handing the reins back to Springsteen.—
Caryn Rose,
Variety,
28 May 2026
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Through it all, most Cabinet members listened intently with little emotion, except Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick — already known for conspicuously laughing loudest at such meetings — who nodded frequently and enthusiastically along this time.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 May 2026
Adverb
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The letters are abstract, philosophical, emotional – and resolutely non-visual.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
22 May 2026
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In 1988, Frank swept every city and town in the Fourth Congressional District except for resolutely-Republican Dover.—
Jon Keller,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
Adverb
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Huffman sticks steadfastly to the words of the documents.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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China has the wherewithal to help on both counts—selling advanced weapons to Russia and reducing purchases of Iranian oil—though Xi has steadfastly refused to exert that leverage.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
20 May 2026
Adverb
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The few street names in Happy Haven were determinedly upbeat, with Christian undertones.—
Stephen King,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
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Wall Street has been determinedly upbeat about the war in Iran resolving in a relatively short window.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
25 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Republicans hope that the income tax and direct democracy measures will perform better in the August primaries, where voter turnout is weaker than November but typically more solidly Republican.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
27 May 2026
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But the party often gets ahead of itself in Texas, which is still a solidly red state with Republicans controlling pretty much everything in Austin.—
Megan Pratz,
NPR,
27 May 2026
Adverb
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By the end of the seventeenth century, sassafras had become one of the primary exports of the early English colony of Jamestown, and the aromatic bark was harvested intensively for shipment to European markets.—
Kari Traylor,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Apr. 2026
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Armed with subpoenas, the Secret Service and other agencies are intensively focusing on what might have caused the suspect to book a room at the Washington Hilton, less than two miles north of the White House, on the night of the annual dinner.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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While the cart was only traveling a few miles per hour, the corner of the stretcher lying on the back of it appeared to squarely connect with the player's upper thigh, sending him to the turf in an instant.—
Mark Harris OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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This tension was squarely at the center of a recent webinar hosted by Andrew Jones, Executive Director of Climate Interactive, where I was invited to speak on engaging professionals on climate discussion in an increasingly warmer world.—
Anjali Chaudhry,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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“Fixedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fixedly. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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