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Recent Examples of full-on
And somewhere in the middle of this is a full-on 32-page traditional comic book that is key to the storyline.
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Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 6 Feb. 2026
On the court, this trade is pretty much a teardown event for Memphis, a commitment to a full-on rebuild after the Jackson-Desmond Bane-Ja Morant core couldn’t get past the second round of the playoffs and began backsliding in the standings once Morant’s availability and production declined.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Which is to say, equal parts media session question-and-answer moments to the typical full-on carnival scene.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 3 Feb. 2026
Bose QuietComfort Noise-canceling Headphones Layovers can be full-on sensory overload—crying babies, rolling suitcases, gate-change announcements every 12 seconds.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2026
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Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 6 Feb. 2026
On the court, this trade is pretty much a teardown event for Memphis, a commitment to a full-on rebuild after the Jackson-Desmond Bane-Ja Morant core couldn’t get past the second round of the playoffs and began backsliding in the standings once Morant’s availability and production declined.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Which is to say, equal parts media session question-and-answer moments to the typical full-on carnival scene.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 3 Feb. 2026
Bose QuietComfort Noise-canceling Headphones Layovers can be full-on sensory overload—crying babies, rolling suitcases, gate-change announcements every 12 seconds.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for full-on
Adjective
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The negotiators sat down in Geneva a week before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine was set to enter its fifth year.—
Holly Williams,
CBS News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Instead, the report found, the savings are accruing mostly to MOL, Hungary’s oil giant, which has seen its operating income soar 30% since Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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For job seekers, that precariousness has become full-blown.—
Rob Wile,
NBC News,
4 Oct. 2024
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But the companies say their transition to a full-blown, Uber-like taxi service will take time.—
WIRED,
WIRED,
11 Aug. 2023
Adjective
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There’s a full-out PR battle raging as executives of all three court content creators, unions, Warner shareholders, politicians and regulators on both sides of the Atlantic.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
10 Feb. 2026
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Those heirlooms were vibrant and varied, embellished with figures and animals, glass beads, porcupine quills, shells, bone, and seeds, all stitched into decorative designs and full-out tableaux.—
Petala Ironcloud,
Architectural Digest,
9 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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And then into that den of exclusion, waltzes 20-year-old Katharine Blodgett, hired as a full-fledged scientist, excited to start working for Irving Langmuir.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2026
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But there seems little reason to anticipate a full-fledged rout.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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For families Like everything at The Fife Arms, there’s a full-bore thoughtfulness and creativity to the whimsical family room, with its play kitchens, blackboards, table football and XBox, with knitted red squirrels hidden around the place.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Jan. 2026
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And thanks to Nielsen’s upgraded ratings methodology, which includes a full-bore accounting of people who watch live sports in out-of-home venues, the stateside deliveries for next year’s tourney will be bigger than ever before.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
9 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Wood received extensive rehabilitation but died a year after the shooting.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
21 Feb. 2026
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Since then, teams have pushed the vehicle through extensive autonomy testing.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Feb. 2026
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