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Recent Examples of impressively
For example, Doak kicked on so impressively at Middlesbrough in 2024-25 that his value increased to the point that Bournemouth paid £25m for him.
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James Pearce, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
By channeling those emotions into a creative force — and not shying away from rough-around-the-edges feelings and sounds — the band delivered an impressively raw collection of pure, gritty alt-rock.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Sep. 2025
From his head-banging guitar solo to his crisp, impressively precise vocals, Thomas delivered male R&B showmanship reminiscent of Maxwell or D’Angelo.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 4 Sep. 2025
Breaking out impressively in 2023/2024, Fermin was also useful for Xavi’s successor Hansi Flick the following term and an integral part of a treble winning outfit.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
This finicky, formal style coats every page of the novel with an impressively even surface that doesn’t serve any deeper spiritual purpose.
—Hannah Gold, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
These scenes are some of the strongest, as Pellerin impressively modulates Matthew’s turn from endearingly cringey to terrifyingly single-minded.
—Eric Torres, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2025
The train crawls through one impressively lush landscape after another—around mountains; through valleys, jungles, forests, and tea plantations; and past thickets of palm trees waving gracefully in the humid breeze.
—Alesandra Dubin, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025
While Logan Paul is a social influencer with little professional wrestling experience, many WWE fans have praised his ability to learn quickly and perform impressively on the mic and in the ring.
—Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
James Pearce, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
By channeling those emotions into a creative force — and not shying away from rough-around-the-edges feelings and sounds — the band delivered an impressively raw collection of pure, gritty alt-rock.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Sep. 2025
From his head-banging guitar solo to his crisp, impressively precise vocals, Thomas delivered male R&B showmanship reminiscent of Maxwell or D’Angelo.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 4 Sep. 2025
Breaking out impressively in 2023/2024, Fermin was also useful for Xavi’s successor Hansi Flick the following term and an integral part of a treble winning outfit.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
This finicky, formal style coats every page of the novel with an impressively even surface that doesn’t serve any deeper spiritual purpose.
—Hannah Gold, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
These scenes are some of the strongest, as Pellerin impressively modulates Matthew’s turn from endearingly cringey to terrifyingly single-minded.
—Eric Torres, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2025
The train crawls through one impressively lush landscape after another—around mountains; through valleys, jungles, forests, and tea plantations; and past thickets of palm trees waving gracefully in the humid breeze.
—Alesandra Dubin, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025
While Logan Paul is a social influencer with little professional wrestling experience, many WWE fans have praised his ability to learn quickly and perform impressively on the mic and in the ring.
—Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impressively
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The possibility feels very real in the magnificently tense opening scene, which counts down the minutes and seconds as Kiritsis takes Hall captive at his office and leads him several blocks through downtown Indianapolis with the titular device around his neck.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
2 Sep. 2025
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Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis got along splendidly on the set of Black Swan — despite director Darren Aronofsky's best efforts.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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And talking of hackers and Windows, both came together rather splendidly in Las Vegas at the Black Hat hacking conference where it was demonstrated how the Windows Hello facial recognition sign-in security could be bypassed by a threat actor injecting their own images into the process.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Ravn’s prose is striking too, richly marbled with quotation and detail pulled from primary source letters and court documents.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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Using faux chenille, a fabric manipulation technique that creates layered textures, Threadapeutic produces richly tactile works that can take three months to complete, such as Gather and Shore wall hangings made from lace, brocade and tulle scraps.—
Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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But the fact that single men are deciding to start families on their own, some of them paying extravagantly for egg donation and surrogacy, might also say something about just how important fatherhood is for many men today.—
Faith Hill,
The Atlantic,
19 Aug. 2025
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In sport organizations, where cultures are often lean, fast-moving and emotionally charged, this spiral happens quickly and expensively.—
Rick Burton,
Sportico.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Can something so one-directional, so expensively legacy-media, be combined with something this grassroots, this user-generated, this 2025?—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Aug. 2025
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Sunset Luxury Smokeshow Co also has a luxuriously soft line of mesh clothing.—
Emily Earlenbaugh,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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During the height of summer, nothing is quite as satisfying as ice-cold fruit, and this retro recipe combines sweet, frozen fruit with a luxuriously creamy base that can be sliced and served whenever a friend stops by or a craving strikes.—
Stephanie Ganz,
Southern Living,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Impressively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impressively. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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