1
as in completely
to a full extent or degree
only with daybreak did we fully realize the extent of the damage from the storm
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as in systematically
with attention to all aspects or details
wanted to be fully involved in the project
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Recent Examples of fully
Anton is fully financing, with production scheduled for the fall.
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Alex Ritman, Variety, 8 May 2026
The one-level Madison Avenue store was designed as an intimate environment where guests can fully engage with the softness of Falconeri cashmere.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 8 May 2026
The Brookings Institution summarized them in a white paper that proposed making Social Security fully solvent for another 75 years.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2026
Governments are also tracking at least 30 passengers who disembarked at the remote South Atlantic island of Saint Helena in late April and others who went through other ports, leaving for a variety of countries, all before the outbreak was fully understood.
—Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
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Alex Ritman, Variety, 8 May 2026
The one-level Madison Avenue store was designed as an intimate environment where guests can fully engage with the softness of Falconeri cashmere.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 8 May 2026
The Brookings Institution summarized them in a white paper that proposed making Social Security fully solvent for another 75 years.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2026
Governments are also tracking at least 30 passengers who disembarked at the remote South Atlantic island of Saint Helena in late April and others who went through other ports, leaving for a variety of countries, all before the outbreak was fully understood.
—Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fully
Adverb
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Take the time to completely empty your golf bag.—
Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
7 May 2026
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The parliament of Wales, known as the Senedd, is also completely up for grabs.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
7 May 2026
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When everything said on stage, on a podcast, or in an earnings call can be systematically indexed and analyzed for consistency, contradiction, and consensus, the nature of public statements tends to change.—
Gina Chua,
semafor.com,
6 May 2026
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Sylvie systematically deconstructs Suzanna’s world.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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And today, for the time being, the regime has collapsed totally.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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Up till now, the three babies had been totally white fluff balls.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
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Key tips include using room-temperature ingredients and thoroughly creaming butter, cream cheese, and sugar.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 May 2026
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Many researchers had assumed that all robotic missions sent there would so thoroughly succumb to Venus’s brutal combo of scorchingly hot surface temperature and crushingly high atmospheric pressure that little would be left behind for subsequent study.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
10 May 2026
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However, the day did not go quite according to plan for Dale Coyne Racing's Romain Grosjean, and that was all thanks to an unfortunate run-in — in the most literal sense imaginable — with a bird.—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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General Daily Insight for April 29, 2026 Tension shows up today when timing, tone, or expectations don’t quite match.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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To have a rocket launch with astronauts on board go perfectly well is even more amazing.—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
8 May 2026
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In one study, 64 percent of the time, the mongooses managed it perfectly.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
8 May 2026
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But the filmmaker’s imagination transfigures personal history into something not of this world, wholly original, and uniquely demented.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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In Saar’s world, items have always held their own energy, and in her hands that energy is transmuted into something wholly unique.—
Julissa James,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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The Highlanders all-underclass boys team lost four tiebreakers in a heartbreaking 4-3 semifinal loss against Alonso Mourning of Miami.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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What Personal Best is all about The exhibition takes its name from the athletic term for peak performance and applies it to the relationship between art and sport.—
Taylor Haught,
Kansas City Star,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Fully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fully. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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