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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2
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
Keller police officers were dispatched to a crash on Texas 114 in Westlake early Friday and found a vehicle fully engulfed in flames, according to Keller Deputy Chief Ryan Coe.
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Mary Ella Hastings
june 12, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2026
Those issues never fully disappeared but were overshadowed by the brilliance of the soccer.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
One of Rinderknecht’s lawyers, Steve Haney, has said Rinderknecht has become a scapegoat for the Los Angeles Fire Department’s failure to fully extinguish the Lachman Fire (which reignited into the Palisades Fire).
—Swasti Singhai, USA Today, 12 June 2026
Unlike some of SpaceX’s other rockets, Starship is designed to be fully reusable, which could boost profit margins on the product another 10% from their current level, according to Wolfe.
—Tobias Burns, CNBC, 12 June 2026
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Mary Ella Hastings
june 12, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2026
Those issues never fully disappeared but were overshadowed by the brilliance of the soccer.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
One of Rinderknecht’s lawyers, Steve Haney, has said Rinderknecht has become a scapegoat for the Los Angeles Fire Department’s failure to fully extinguish the Lachman Fire (which reignited into the Palisades Fire).
—Swasti Singhai, USA Today, 12 June 2026
Unlike some of SpaceX’s other rockets, Starship is designed to be fully reusable, which could boost profit margins on the product another 10% from their current level, according to Wolfe.
—Tobias Burns, CNBC, 12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fully
Adverb
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Authorities will not be able to begin their investigation into the cause of the fire until it is completely extinguished, Heefner said.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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Two, any fears of Kansas City being unable to handle a World Cup are completely wrong.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2026
Adverb
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New York City is systematically erasing its public seating.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
9 June 2026
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Such claims have been systematically refuted by evidence submitted to Norfolk Superior Court.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
Adverb
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The hotel's exterior, at the base of Aspen Mountain (also called Ajax) is totally unassuming.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 June 2026
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The idea that prosperity causes monetary inflation is totally unsupported by real-world experiences.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Adverb
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To all appearances, so many years later, this was a mechanism that had been thoroughly tested and that worked perfectly well.—
Andrea Bajani,
New Yorker,
7 June 2026
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That smell might be coming from chemical disinfectants used on tanks that are rarely cleaned thoroughly.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Southern Living,
7 June 2026
Adverb
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However, xGC estimates that even with Lionel Messi, their roster doesn’t quite contain the same threat as teams like France and Spain.—
Ethan Douglas,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
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There's nothing quite like growing a classic apple tree (Malus domestica) in your garden.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
9 June 2026
Adverb
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One meteor that plunged into the sleepy British town of Winchcombe in 2021 — leaving a sizable dent in a family’s driveway — was found to have a D/H ratio that almost perfectly matched that of Earth’s oceans.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
12 June 2026
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Also, Elmo perfectly illustrated why online betting needs stronger regulation, something that is currently being debated in Washington.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
12 June 2026
Adverb
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All this while presiding over the largest outbreak of measles in the US in more than two decades, which by June 2025 had killed three people in a wholly vaccine-preventable tragedy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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The wave of investment led by Google will be a chance to stitch a new neighborhood together, one not wholly dependent on office workers, said Ariella Gibson, a spokesperson for the Chicago Loop Alliance.—
Brian J. Rogal,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2026
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If paintings were like unedited photographs in the all-seeing eye of God—a record of human attitudes toward, and treatment of, the dog’s ubiquitous presence in life—then reality might explain why there are so many of them in art.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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Elegant, refined, and spacious for its prime location, Portrait Firenze's 37 rooms and suites are all dressed with neutral tones, shiny surfaces, and large polished mirrors.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 June 2026
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“Fully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fully. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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