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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
Bousso and like-minded physicists, however, suspect that a highly quantum arena with no notion of area is tantamount to a dead-end for a light ray, and therefore that something Penrose would recognize as a singularity should persist in the core theory and in our universe.
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Charlie Wood, Wired News, 20 July 2025
Our healthcare system is highly fragmented and administratively burdened.
—Dr. Howard A. Selinger, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2025
As is now widely agreed among U.S. defense intelligence, Israeli intelligence and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the air strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan did not eliminate Iran’s stockpiles of highly enriched uranium.
—Robert A. Pape, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2025
The primetime event precedes the release of the highly anticipated Wicked: For Good, which hits theaters on Friday, Nov. 21.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 9 July 2025
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Charlie Wood, Wired News, 20 July 2025
Our healthcare system is highly fragmented and administratively burdened.
—Dr. Howard A. Selinger, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2025
As is now widely agreed among U.S. defense intelligence, Israeli intelligence and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the air strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan did not eliminate Iran’s stockpiles of highly enriched uranium.
—Robert A. Pape, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2025
The primetime event precedes the release of the highly anticipated Wicked: For Good, which hits theaters on Friday, Nov. 21.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for highly
Adverb
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It’s coated in a thin layer of real gold – not just to look fancy, but because gold reflects infrared light extremely well.—
Adi Foord,
Space.com,
26 July 2025
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An Extreme Heat Warning is issued when extremely dangerous heat conditions are expected or occurring.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
25 July 2025
Adverb
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Reports of their venomous bites have been greatly exaggerated.—
Tracy Scott Forson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 July 2025
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Notably, Latin America as a region is just under $200M, leaning greatly into the overall cume.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
17 July 2025
Adverb
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And notably Melvin Capital, which had a very large short position against GameStop, lost billions of dollars and closed because of this trade.—
Ricardo Torres,
jsonline.com,
26 July 2025
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And a lot of people took it very much to heart and very seriously.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
26 July 2025
Adverb
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But a new box set, chronicling the creation of Five Leaves Left, offers a glimpse into the real Drake — the living, breathing musician who was incredibly gifted, utterly charming, and ahead of his time.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
21 July 2025
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Wimpy was a mild-mannered, soft-spoken, lazy, parsimonious, and utterly gluttonous hamburger-wolfing straight man to Popeye.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 July 2025
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This particular trick works incredibly well for window and standing air conditioners, since their output is already focused in a single area of the home.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 July 2025
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Sour Strawberry Candy Belts These sour straws are almost too chewy, but incredibly satisfying.—
Alex Beggs,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
19 July 2025
Adverb
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But in practice, most boards aren’t terribly interested in the minutiae of fiscal responsibility and operational efficiencies.—
Matthew Scogin,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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There’s nothing terribly significant about the six-month mark since the Eaton and Palisades fires, or any other history-book disaster.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2025
Adverb
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Permit parking with much higher fines for violators is coming to two neighborhoods near downtown Fishers.—
John Tuohy,
IndyStar,
23 July 2025
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The past five years have been among the most dramatic: SXSW closed down during the first weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic and did not reopen in person — on a much smaller scale — until 2022.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
23 July 2025
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Although rental costs have soared particularly in denser coastal cities, prices have jumped in Indianapolis too.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
24 July 2025
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Marvel’s first family is back on the big screen to save the universe again — and maybe the Marvel universe, too.—
Chris Foran,
jsonline.com,
24 July 2025
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“Highly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/highly. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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