as in intentionally
with full awareness of what one is doing
cannot convict unless the defendant knowingly committed perjury
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Adverb
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As civilians, intentionally targeting members of the press is a war crime.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025 -
Hire early, hire intentionally—and train people into your culture before they’re thrown into chaos. 4.—
Aleksandr Zemel,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The space had been carved out deliberately where Black joy, creative experimentation, and culinary storytelling could thrive in full bloom.—
Skylar Mitchell,
Essence,
5 Aug. 2025
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That means going beyond tests for self-harm and deliberately simulating interactions involving conditions like mania, psychosis, and OCD to assess how the models respond.—
Robert Hart,
Time,
5 Aug. 2025
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This perspective overlooks how capitalist employers purposely recruit undocumented immigrants to avoid following laws regarding the minimum wage and overtime pay, while too often stealing immigrant workers’ wages and placing them in hazardous work conditions.—
Chinyere Osuji,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Aug. 2025
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So the actor introduced some physical comedy into his performance, purposely bumping into objects.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Knowingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knowingly. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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