as in briefly
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Adverb
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Thanks to their alliance, Musk briefly achieved powers that few unelected Americans have ever possessed.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
28 July 2025 -
The Everton manager David Moyes is on a trip down memory lane, briefly transported to the late 1970s as his team’s pre-season visit to New Jersey returns the Glaswegian to his teenage years.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
28 July 2025
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Wilkins was injured in Week 5 last season and had some sort of setback in his recovery that took him out of offseason practices and landed him on the physically unable to perform list shortly before training camp opened Wednesday.—
Mark Anderson,
Baltimore Sun,
25 July 2025
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As out-of-towners continue to move to the Valley, national chains popular in other states do their best to follow shortly behind.—
Endia Fontanez,
AZCentral.com,
25 July 2025
Adverb
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The Statler French American bistro in downtown Detroit abruptly closes.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Culinary star Paula Deen has abruptly shut off the burners at her popular Georgia restaurants.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Monosyllabically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monosyllabically. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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