1
as in extremely
to a great degree
though she didn't win, she was highly satisfied with her personal results for the marathon
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as in greatly
to a large extent or degree
that is highly different from your first idea for a family vacation
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Recent Examples of highly
According to the company, QTT enables highly secure and resilient position, navigation, and timing (PNT) services, helping maintain accurate timing and synchronization even when traditional GPS and radio-frequency signals are unavailable, degraded, or intentionally jammed.
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Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 30 May 2026
Rob Nelson Dana Point The Angels’ ultimate indignity is its own hometown newspaper doesn’t regard it highly enough to staff its games with a full-time writer.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
The buyer who finds a thin LinkedIn and a stale homepage is highly sceptical before the call.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
During the Loma Prieta earthquake, the severity of damage was highly localized based on the geology of the soil and the structures built on top.
—Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 30 May 2026
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Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 30 May 2026
Rob Nelson Dana Point The Angels’ ultimate indignity is its own hometown newspaper doesn’t regard it highly enough to staff its games with a full-time writer.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
The buyer who finds a thin LinkedIn and a stale homepage is highly sceptical before the call.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
During the Loma Prieta earthquake, the severity of damage was highly localized based on the geology of the soil and the structures built on top.
—Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 30 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for highly
Adverb
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The club had learned to accept that the 51-year-old is extremely demanding and ambitious, qualities that actually made working with him a challenge at times.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Donley says that all the evidence presented in court shows that storing this waste in close proximity to homes, schools, and waterways would be extremely harmful to the local population's health and the environment.—
Heath Kalb,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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Many must multi-app, though this practice is greatly overstated by the platforms themselves.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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Of course, that also greatly depends on being fortunate in the health department.—
Jon Machota,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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Los Angeles County voters will cast ballots Tuesday in two very different races for county supervisor.—
Connor Sheets,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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At least one watchdog group warned the legislation could poke more holes into the property tax base for very large developers across the state, not just the Bears.—
Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
30 May 2026
Adverb
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Third, tech oligarchs’ platforms have become increasingly powerful relative to the public infrastructures of states, since the latter have become utterly dependent on the former, even at the level of national security.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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The reason their unimpressive record in power under Biden left the neo-Brandeisians’ confidence utterly unshaken is that their belief system is more like a religion than an economic theory.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
26 May 2026
Adverb
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Made from 60 percent cotton, this top will feel incredibly soft against your skin.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
26 May 2026
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That’s an increase of 53 basis points in an incredibly short period of time.—
Jeff Lazerson,
Oc Register,
26 May 2026
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Prices for everything from hot dogs to movie tickets are up considerably from last year, according to government inflation data.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
26 May 2026
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Unlike simpler cleaning robots that operate in limited two-dimensional areas, a dual-arm humanoid system must handle dynamic obstacles and unpredictable layouts, making reliable autonomy in domestic settings considerably more difficult.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
25 May 2026
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While there are plenty of moments of necessary humor in the story, with Marquis flexing her knack for comic timing, other moments are terribly uncomfortable to grasp.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
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The finish is dry and not terribly long.—
David Thomas Tao,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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But there’s also a confidence that those who arrived a year ago will make a much greater contribution next season.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Valentina Torres isn’t real, but the people who cross her path in El Paso very much are.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2026
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“Highly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/highly. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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