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Recent Examples of freshly
Phillips croons about a mother’s bond with her child as Swinton walks off, her character freshly wrecked by a visit with her son in prison.
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Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Freeze extra for later, sans any pasta, which is better when freshly boiled.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025
Connell suggested adding one to two tablespoons of freshly ground pumpkin seeds to yogurt, oatmeal, smoothies, or soups.
—Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 5 Nov. 2025
All’s Fair is a 2010s Shonda Rhimes procedural on steroid shots and Goop supplements, if everyone in the writers’ room had been freshly lobotomized.
—Judy Berman, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
As part of his guest spot, Offerman joined fellow celebrities KT Tunstall, Tracy-Ann Oberman and Rachel Parris in a lighthearted tasting of red wines and freshly made pumpkin pie.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
The attacking football was the best seen at Wolves since the end of the Nuno Espirito Santo era (a low bar, admittedly) and players spoke highly of the way O’Neil — freshly retired as a player, so still tuned in to the workings of a modern dressing room — handled them.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Eileen has freshly embraced sobriety, and has brought her manuscript with her in the hopes of impressing several key mucky-mucks in attendance.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2025
Paramount, freshly acquired by David Ellison’s Skydance, is the most eager suitor.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Freeze extra for later, sans any pasta, which is better when freshly boiled.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025
Connell suggested adding one to two tablespoons of freshly ground pumpkin seeds to yogurt, oatmeal, smoothies, or soups.
—Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 5 Nov. 2025
All’s Fair is a 2010s Shonda Rhimes procedural on steroid shots and Goop supplements, if everyone in the writers’ room had been freshly lobotomized.
—Judy Berman, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
As part of his guest spot, Offerman joined fellow celebrities KT Tunstall, Tracy-Ann Oberman and Rachel Parris in a lighthearted tasting of red wines and freshly made pumpkin pie.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
The attacking football was the best seen at Wolves since the end of the Nuno Espirito Santo era (a low bar, admittedly) and players spoke highly of the way O’Neil — freshly retired as a player, so still tuned in to the workings of a modern dressing room — handled them.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Eileen has freshly embraced sobriety, and has brought her manuscript with her in the hopes of impressing several key mucky-mucks in attendance.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2025
Paramount, freshly acquired by David Ellison’s Skydance, is the most eager suitor.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for freshly
Adverb
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The thing that evolved was newly minted.—
Gerrad Hall,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Nov. 2025
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Even as this risk rises rapidly, there are still plans for launching mega constellations of tiny satellites akin to those that are already orbiting as part of SpaceX’s Starlink system, along with a newly emerging push for orbital data centers such as Nvidia’s Starcloud.—
Humberto Basilio,
Scientific American,
7 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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She’s been obsessed with slavery lately.—
Andy Hoglund,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Nov. 2025
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The Bills have owned the Dolphins lately (if not quite the NFL, or now, even the AFC East).—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
9 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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On July 4, 1776, an Irish immigrant to Philadelphia worked late into the night to set the final text of the Declaration into type.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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The storm is expected to make landfall in central Vietnam, just north of the city of Quy Nhon, late on Thursday and early on Friday, when the JTWC estimates its intensity could drop from 90 to 20 knots.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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My mother, who had recently become enamored of the Atkins Diet?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Pistorius noted that two Russian reconnaissance satellites were recently spotted tracking two IntelSat satellites, which are used by the German Armed Forces and its allies.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Freshly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freshly. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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