incompletely

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Recent Examples of incompletely Both were seeing incompletely, and neither had built the habit of asking what the other was actually understanding. Karl Moore, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026 In Iran, microscopic soot formed when hydrocarbons in the fuel oil burned incompletely, experts said. Tammy Webber, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026 If muscles remain depleted and incompletely repaired, each practice starts with a deficient muscular system. William Jones, Ascend Agency, 13 Apr. 2026 The original video of that game had been damaged and lost for some time, but then, after many years, it was retrieved and painstakingly restored—incompletely, but just enough to get the gist, as with the Dead Sea Scrolls or the Gnostic gospels. David Remnick, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
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Adverb
  • The international governing body’s disciplinary committee elected to utilize Article 27 of its code, which allows the judicial body to fully or partially suspend the implementation of an on-pitch disciplinary measure under a probationary period.
    Wayne Sterling, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • Shortly after, deputies found a California Highway Patrol vehicle parked behind the convertible, which the Sheriff’s Office stated was partially blocking the roadway.
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 5 July 2026
Adverb
  • The piece from Ginexi linked above contains helpful advice and some short examples about halfway down the page.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026
  • Our planet sits along one of the galaxy’s spiral arms, about halfway from the center, according to NASA.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Adverb
  • Separately, at least 15 informal miners were killed when a defunct gold mine partly collapsed Monday in the district of Wadi Halfa, close to Sudan’s border with Egypt, authorities said.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • Yang was investigated as part of President Xi Jinping ’s decade-long anti-corruption campaign that critics say has been used partly to remove his political rivals.
    ABC News, ABC News, 6 July 2026

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“Incompletely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incompletely. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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