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Recent Examples of keenly
More Americans are keenly searching for ways to live abroad and how and where to obtain second passports, and Argentina is certainly one to watch.
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Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
European countries have broadly pledged to increase military spending, although nations forming NATO's eastern flank, close to Russia, have more keenly felt Moscow's presence and traditionally spent a higher percentage of their GDP on defense.
—Ellie Cook — Reporting From Prague, Czech Republic, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
The creators seem keenly aware of their own limitations without Kojima at the helm.
—PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2025
Stephen Moran has been nominated as the temporary economist in the role, with eyes more keenly focused on the individual the president is set to nominate to replace Powell with in 2026.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
Reverend Danté Stewart is an author, award-winning writer, and cultural critic, keenly attuned to issues of faith, justice, and stories of the heart.
—Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
The lighting and movement, framing and staging, all keenly evoke memories.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 Aug. 2025
Parents may feel that lack of empathy keenly.
—Ashley Milne-Tyte, NPR, 21 Aug. 2025
Nvidia’s quarterly results on August 27 are keenly awaited for clues on demand for artificial intelligence.
—Reuters, NBC news, 20 Aug. 2025
Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
European countries have broadly pledged to increase military spending, although nations forming NATO's eastern flank, close to Russia, have more keenly felt Moscow's presence and traditionally spent a higher percentage of their GDP on defense.
—Ellie Cook — Reporting From Prague, Czech Republic, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
The creators seem keenly aware of their own limitations without Kojima at the helm.
—PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2025
Stephen Moran has been nominated as the temporary economist in the role, with eyes more keenly focused on the individual the president is set to nominate to replace Powell with in 2026.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
Reverend Danté Stewart is an author, award-winning writer, and cultural critic, keenly attuned to issues of faith, justice, and stories of the heart.
—Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
The lighting and movement, framing and staging, all keenly evoke memories.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 Aug. 2025
Parents may feel that lack of empathy keenly.
—Ashley Milne-Tyte, NPR, 21 Aug. 2025
Nvidia’s quarterly results on August 27 are keenly awaited for clues on demand for artificial intelligence.
—Reuters, NBC news, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for keenly
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If the client or patient were being avidly enabled by a fellow human, a therapist would almost certainly want to find out why and how this occurs.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Men in the imperial aristocracy also avidly read texts in Japanese, but nobody, male or female, bothered to retain for the historical record the actual name of The Tale of Genji’s author, even though she was recognized during her lifetime as a supremely skilled writer.—
Lauren Groff,
The Atlantic,
20 Aug. 2025
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The big wild card going into the fall will be the full impact of tariffs, expected to be felt acutely in the second half of the year.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
2 Sep. 2025
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La Sibilla and Cantina del Mare both produce wines with abundant salinity, and in the whites wines (from Falanghina Flegria), one senses the surrounding landscape acutely.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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The three actors were filming a lighthearted scene, shuffling excitedly between a hot sauna and cold plunge, when Reeves’ foot caught on some flooring.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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In several photos Booker shared, he can be seen down on one knee asking the big question, with Lewis responding excitedly.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
3 Sep. 2025
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That truth, that bitterness, ought to cut more sharply than the Super Bowl shellacking.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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This allowed the craft to maintain control and stability even when sharply tilted against the current.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Nurse Mugun says people are eagerly awaiting the rollout.—
Gabrielle Emanuel,
NPR,
2 Sep. 2025
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Bryce Eldridge's friends eagerly await his major league arrival to the Giants.—
David Driver,
Mercury News,
30 Aug. 2025
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Wryly funny and poignantly tender, Frank and Percy is a heartfelt, life-affirming tale about the courage to take a chance on love at any age.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2025
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At a couple of points, Ben Hania (whose work has often blurred the line between narrative and documentary) even brings in real footage of these people, poignantly placing them against their onscreen counterparts.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
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The first cohort of seniors to have contended — not always enthusiastically — with a digital society has reached the age when cognitive impairment becomes more common.—
Paul Spann,
Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
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The area has enthusiastically welcomed not one, but two romance-fiction bookstores in the past few months.—
Hannah Kirby,
jsonline.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The data speaks more harshly than any anecdote.—
Yermys Pena,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Importantly, the association urged owners not to discipline their pups harshly for the behavior.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Keenly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keenly. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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