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Recent Examples of obligingly
Give it a wiggle and the rhinestones obligingly flip right-side up, ready to be picked up.
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Angela Haupt, Time, 19 May 2026
Claude, a large language model (LLM) developed by the company Anthropic, obligingly laid out possible interpretations.
—Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 15 May 2026
Angela Haupt, Time, 19 May 2026
Claude, a large language model (LLM) developed by the company Anthropic, obligingly laid out possible interpretations.
—Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 15 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obligingly
Adverb
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According to police records obtained by ABC News, the guns, ammunition and other tactical gear that was taken from Tycen Proper's room by his family was located at the home of his grandfather and turned over voluntarily to the to the Knox County Sheriff's Office for safekeeping.—
Jack Date,
ABC News,
19 June 2026
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Companies that voluntarily released sustainability and ESG reports annually since FY 2021, stopped the practice for FY 2025.—
Jon McGowan,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Adverb
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Shine kindly, and others gladly follow your generous, steady lead.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2026
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Sweet never even knew about Wasiak’s record until last year, and would gladly drop his pursuit of it for a job in the majors.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
11 June 2026
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“Obligingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obligingly. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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