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Recent Examples of minutely 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 Pundits have described a future in which your body is minutely and continuously monitored. IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2015 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, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Yet most of those families are still systematically behind due to racial inequality, and Black families, of all kinds, are facing discrimination that leads to higher suspension and expulsion rates in school, lower on-time high school completion rates, and not enough financial resources.
    Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Water plants thoroughly and apply 1 to 2 inches of mulch, leaving a small ring around the trunk free of mulch.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The soft sweetness throughout was thoroughly enjoyable, and that unexpected belting at the end left us curious to hear what else this man can offer.
    Andy Swift, TVLine, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Minutely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minutely. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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