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Recent Examples of optionally
Holes can be cut in the fabric to insert garden plants, and optionally the fabric can be covered with mulch to hide it.
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David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 15 Feb. 2026
This particular build features a solid left sidewall, but Expandable does offer a second glass sidewall optionally, promising even more light and indoor/outdoor connection.
—New Atlas, 17 Dec. 2025
Further, the advanced version of the jet could also be optionally manned.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
This car showed up on Michelin Pilot Sport 4S summer tires, but super-sticky Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2R track tires are also optionally available.
—Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 27 Aug. 2025
David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 15 Feb. 2026
This particular build features a solid left sidewall, but Expandable does offer a second glass sidewall optionally, promising even more light and indoor/outdoor connection.
—New Atlas, 17 Dec. 2025
Further, the advanced version of the jet could also be optionally manned.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
This car showed up on Michelin Pilot Sport 4S summer tires, but super-sticky Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2R track tires are also optionally available.
—Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for optionally
Adverb
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However, Maya turns the tables and alternatively kills Dollface.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Feb. 2026
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Companies of this nature can leverage their cash to drive further revenue growth or, alternatively, return funds to their shareholders via dividends or share buybacks.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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This isn't just my suggestion, either, but rather, one encouraged by the travel pros.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Feb. 2026
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The warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly, forecasters said, and that the threat of fire is high in those areas and people should be both alert and proactive.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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But instead, the Hill-Murray lead held, giving the Pioneers – who previously won back-to-back 2A crowns in 2014 and ’15 – the program’s fourth state title.—
Frank Rajkowski,
Twin Cities,
22 Feb. 2026
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Fueled by oil and gas exports, Russia defied Western predictions of economic collapse, instead becoming the 9th-biggest economy in the world in 2025, according to the International Monetary Fund, ahead of Canada and Brazil.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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The 2,150 square-foot, two-level location, a stone’s throw from the Tuileries Gardens, bills itself as the first venue in the country to offer contrast therapy, which alternately exposes a person to heat and cold.—
Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Here, rather like the Chicago stockyards, thousands of dairy cows are fed in crowded feedlots by a method called intensive and dry-lot feeding, or, alternately, kept indoors in barns.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Optionally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/optionally. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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