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Recent Examples of Synonyms for passingly
Adverb
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He’s been to Costa Rica, Indonesia and India in search of good health — and has most recently been skating and training in Minneapolis.—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
21 June 2025 -
Her shows have been filled with family, fashion, different music genres, and most notably country music and cultural commentary.—
Caché McClay,
USA Today,
21 June 2025
Adverb
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Sheriff’s officials said the terrain is extremely remote and difficult to access, which makes rescue efforts challenging.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
19 June 2025
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Who can’t relate to being the outsider in an extremely insular setting where people have their own rules, their own norms?—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
19 June 2025
Adverb
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Here again, binoculars will prove most beneficial in helping to find not only Pollux and Castor, but this exceedingly slender lunar sliver.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
24 June 2025
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Still, analysts say that destroying Iran’s nuclear program is an exceedingly complicated military process that airstrikes alone – even with bunker-buster bombs – may not accomplish.—
Dina Kraft,
Christian Science Monitor,
22 June 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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Now is the time to take this seriously, don’t wait until your passwords show up in these ongoing leak datasets – get on top of your password security right now.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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But there’s no doubt teams are taking it seriously.—
Oli Gamp,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
Adverb
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But from the first breath, Roxy sensed something was terribly wrong.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
24 June 2025
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Then in April 2021, Granda’s plan to escape went terribly wrong.—
Charles Rabin,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2025
Adverb
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The company’s operations were enormous and very interesting.—
Nash Buckingham,
Outdoor Life,
19 June 2025
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According to Ballerini, Kahan said yes at the very last minute.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
19 June 2025
Adverb
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But the loss of the Liberty’s star center before the defeat is far more important for a team looking to defend the franchise’s first title.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
20 June 2025
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But far more likely is that America would melt into lawsuits, infighting, and paranoia.—
Matt Robison,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
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“Passingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passingly. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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