as in initially
in the beginning
we originally planned to go out tonight, but we changed our minds
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The 2,300-year-old tomb had two rooms — an entrance chamber and a burial chamber — originally connected with a double door, archaeologists said.
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
This text has been adapted from I Deliver Parcels in Beijing, which was originally published in China in April 2023.
—Jack Hargreaves, The Dial, 9 Sep. 2025
This article was originally published in 2019 and most recently updated on September 9, 2025, with current information.
—Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 9 Sep. 2025
Perry, who is originally from Frisco, Texas, recently narrowed his list of college contenders to KU, TCU, Maryland and Vanderbilt.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
This text has been adapted from I Deliver Parcels in Beijing, which was originally published in China in April 2023.
—Jack Hargreaves, The Dial, 9 Sep. 2025
This article was originally published in 2019 and most recently updated on September 9, 2025, with current information.
—Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 9 Sep. 2025
Perry, who is originally from Frisco, Texas, recently narrowed his list of college contenders to KU, TCU, Maryland and Vanderbilt.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
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The Utah Department of Public of Safety said in an update Wednesday night that two people were initially taken into custody after the shooting but later released.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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The university initially stated on social media that a suspect was in custody, but Scott Trotter, a university spokesman, told the New York Times and Deseret News that police determined the person who was taken into custody was not the shooter.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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But 10 days into our Patagonian adventure, a little water—okay, a lot of water—wasn’t enough to deter us from heading out on a Zodiac tour around the Tucker Islets, a small cluster of islands and outcrops in the Strait of Magellan inhabited primarily by Magellanic penguins.—
Stefanie Waldek,
AFAR Media,
12 Sep. 2025
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Much of the world's launch capacity today is used to deploy smaller communications satellites into low-Earth orbit, primarily for broadband connectivity rather than for the video broadcast market once dominated by higher-altitude geosynchronous satellites.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Originally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/originally. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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