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Recent Examples of passingly
The album only passingly cares about the signature dance-pop gunk of its 2010s and ’20s peers and forebears and doesn’t (like songs by Gomez, Addison Rae, and others) spend much time exploring Lana Del Rey as a subgenre.
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for passingly
Adverb
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For the roughly 43 percent of respondents who self-identify as or lean Republican, what matters most is loyalty to Trump’s agenda.—
Peter D. Feaver,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Nov. 2025
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Leaders who treat change not as a one-off initiative but as their most valuable product won’t just endure disruption—they’ll capitalize on it.—
Phil Gilbert,
Fortune,
12 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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In extremely dense fog where visibility is near zero, the best course of action is to first turn on your hazard lights, then simply pull into a safe location such as a parking lot of a local business, and stop.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Nineteenth-century reporters could be extremely casual with facts and guessed at the spelling of names.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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In an exceedingly rare father-son faceoff, the 2026 Grammy Awards will feature 92-year-old Willie Nelson in one corner and his 36-year-old son Lukas in the other as the two face off in the first-ever race for Best Traditional Country Album.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
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Harrison Brunicke made the Penguins’ roster out of training camp and played exceedingly well in his first handful of NHL appearances.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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These irresponsible journalists should try such worthwhile exercises rather than squander their talents on Trump hatred and national division.—
Deroy Murdock,
National Review,
20 Mar. 2020
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To support such resource-intensive work, in 2003 Banerjee, Duflo, and a colleague founded the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), a network of nearly 200 researchers performing such randomized controlled experiments in economics.—
Adrian Cho,
Science | AAAS,
14 Oct. 2019
Adverb
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And if not corrected — if not taken very seriously by people who don’t seem to be taking it seriously — the ball could roll off the table.—
Frank DiGiacomo,
Billboard,
11 Nov. 2025
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That kind of move is an indication that the Nashville wing of the Recording Academy is taken seriously by toppers at the overall org, and that the Grammys’ leaders want to do right by country.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
11 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Joel Quenneville’s immediate impact has been undeniable, while new assistants Jay Woodcroft and Ryan McGill have sparked improvement in what were terribly inefficient special teams last season.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2025
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With its frozen setting, enigmatic characters, and haunting tone, Let The Right One In is, at its core, a twisted and terribly sad love story — as all the best vampire movies are.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Many others were very angry about it.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
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And Doughty, who turns 36 in December and is still the runaway leader in ice time for the Kings, continues to be viewed in a very positive light by Team Canada’s decision-makers.—
Chris Johnston,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Low temperatures at or below freezing are possible as far south as Texas and Florida and as far east as the Appalachians.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
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The Care and Keeping of You did not (further) frighten or confuse me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Passingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passingly. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.
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