oppressively

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Recent Examples of oppressively On an oppressively hot Friday in July, plumes of smoke curl up from Arnolds Field. Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oppressively
Adverb
  • The data speaks more harshly than any anecdote.
    Yermys Pena, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Importantly, the association urged owners not to discipline their pups harshly for the behavior.
    Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Frank Olton, 76, was found on Monday tied to a pole in his basement suffering from multiple stab wounds, and his wife Maureen Olton, 77, was found on the house's first floor, severely burned, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a news conference on Tuesday.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
  • One of every $8 in outstanding US credit card debt was severely delinquent at the end of June, the highest level since 2010.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • This recent history reminds us just how brutally inflation spikes can demolish market confidence.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • In February, 2024, when a nursing student named Laken Riley was brutally raped and murdered by a Venezuelan immigrant in Georgia, Republicans at the state and national level argued that the perpetrator was connected to Tren de Aragua.
    Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Oppressively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oppressively. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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