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Recent Examples of freshly
Drizzle the aji verde over the chicken thighs and garnish with cilantro and freshly grated cotija cheese.
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ABC News, 13 May 2026
The latest, published in Nature today, strengthens the case that LAP1-B is an early cosmic puzzle piece packed with material freshly manufactured by dying Population III stars.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 13 May 2026
Everything was baked freshly and with seasonal ingredients.
—Lucie Franc De Ferriere, Vogue, 10 May 2026
Where is this plant going to go, and how long can freshly purchased annuals and perennials hang out in their nursery pots?
—Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 May 2026
Soon enough, Daisy is in the PG hotel room, freshly showered and scarfing down room service.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 May 2026
In a Facebook post on May 3, Derek Joseph Gaerke, a co-owner of Gaerke Brother Farms, said the calves are 13 weeks old, had been freshly weaned, and most of their tails are docked.
—Drew Pittock, USA Today, 4 May 2026
On a recent afternoon, customers in a Connecticut store browsed the rows of wooden casks, which stretch from the entrance to the rear of the spacious building, and amid the aroma of freshly roasted and ground coffee filling the air.
—Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
Hundreds of birds called dunlins wheel above the freshly remade landscape, moving in tight formation like a pulsing, living cloud.
—John Ryan, NPR, 3 May 2026
ABC News, 13 May 2026
The latest, published in Nature today, strengthens the case that LAP1-B is an early cosmic puzzle piece packed with material freshly manufactured by dying Population III stars.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 13 May 2026
Everything was baked freshly and with seasonal ingredients.
—Lucie Franc De Ferriere, Vogue, 10 May 2026
Where is this plant going to go, and how long can freshly purchased annuals and perennials hang out in their nursery pots?
—Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 May 2026
Soon enough, Daisy is in the PG hotel room, freshly showered and scarfing down room service.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 May 2026
In a Facebook post on May 3, Derek Joseph Gaerke, a co-owner of Gaerke Brother Farms, said the calves are 13 weeks old, had been freshly weaned, and most of their tails are docked.
—Drew Pittock, USA Today, 4 May 2026
On a recent afternoon, customers in a Connecticut store browsed the rows of wooden casks, which stretch from the entrance to the rear of the spacious building, and amid the aroma of freshly roasted and ground coffee filling the air.
—Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
Hundreds of birds called dunlins wheel above the freshly remade landscape, moving in tight formation like a pulsing, living cloud.
—John Ryan, NPR, 3 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for freshly
Adverb
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In Season 3, Kate and Hal are put even further at odds when newly sworn-in President Grace Penn (Allison Janney) asks Hal, rather than Kate, to serve as her vice president.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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No one told her about an aid program in Ohio open to kinship families newly formed without child welfare officials opening a legal case.—
Jayme Fraser,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
Adverb
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The videos slot into the lineage of vaguely ambient visuals that have lately become Drake’s bread and butter.—
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
15 May 2026
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If your mattress has been feeling a little too firm lately, this pillowy mattress topper is an easy fix without buying a whole new bed.—
Jeaneen Russell,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
Adverb
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Most of them were spent on the third defensive pairing, and then the 22-year-old was scratched for Tyson Hinds late in the year as Quenneville favored the size of Hinds, who spent most of his season in the American Hockey League.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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Cummins, who worked as a senior vice president at Serco, a government contractor that works with local and federal agencies, would take over a TSA bruised by the longest partial government shutdown in history, which ended late last month.—
Jesse Bedayn,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
Adverb
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Beach boot camp takes place in the sand, and pickleball courts were recently added alongside tennis courts.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 May 2026
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OpenAI recently told all Mac users to update their apps, including ChatGPT and Codex, after a software supply chain attack compromised several employee devices.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
15 May 2026
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“Freshly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freshly. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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