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Recent Examples of minutely The kernel of the script imagined Ruth’s movements through her longtime home for the final time—a marvelous, minutely observed sequence that opens the film—and then her new home for the first time. Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 20 June 2025 The downtown side of the bridge is also minutely taller than the church side, leading to some overconfident drivers lodging themselves on the other end. Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025 First the festivals, then New York and L.A., then the world would bear witness to her childhood fears, her daily passions and frustrations, her minutely observed existence, all tastefully packaged within, for instance, a buddy comedy or an interplanetary embezzlement plot. Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025 Finally, this sleeping pad also gets top marks for the adjustability, using the brand’s reliable flat-lock air valve that can be minutely adjusted for different inflation levels, and deflates in just a few seconds. Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for minutely
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Adverb
  • These services do all the work for you by actively monitoring and systematically erasing your personal information from hundreds of websites.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Nelson systematically challenges each pillar of Roberts's argument.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
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  • The market for solar PVs–in which Europe was once a leader—has been dominated in recent years more thoroughly by cheap Chinese imports than any other renewable sector.
    Andrew Saunders, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • This cataclysmic event would have melted and thoroughly mixed the entire planet, thereby resetting its chemical composition.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025

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