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Recent Examples of patently
Any suggestion that employees are only evaluated based on the volume of loads brokered is patently false.
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Michael Kaplan, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
That’s patently unfair, because Miami has experienced far more success in recent years, including the two Finals appearances this decade, while the Bulls have languished in irrelevance for years.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
The amendment, however, would not ban the sale of the products in grocery stores in those areas, an exclusion which opponents see as arbitrary and patently unfair.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
By zooming in on the real-time distress of the Palestinians trying to save one child, the film patently demonstrates the costs of stymied aid to Gaza and the violence institutions can enact through bureaucracies.
—Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
There are few, if any, connections because of the defensive pressure from those opponents, but there was patently more space to work in.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
The idea that Golden State should have blown up its offensive identity to accommodate Kuminga is patently absurd.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
This is so patently clear from the word go.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 23 Feb. 2026
Service members are only required to follow orders that are lawful and have a duty to disobey commands that are patently unlawful, according to the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 11 Feb. 2026
Michael Kaplan, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
That’s patently unfair, because Miami has experienced far more success in recent years, including the two Finals appearances this decade, while the Bulls have languished in irrelevance for years.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
The amendment, however, would not ban the sale of the products in grocery stores in those areas, an exclusion which opponents see as arbitrary and patently unfair.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
By zooming in on the real-time distress of the Palestinians trying to save one child, the film patently demonstrates the costs of stymied aid to Gaza and the violence institutions can enact through bureaucracies.
—Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
There are few, if any, connections because of the defensive pressure from those opponents, but there was patently more space to work in.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
The idea that Golden State should have blown up its offensive identity to accommodate Kuminga is patently absurd.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
This is so patently clear from the word go.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 23 Feb. 2026
Service members are only required to follow orders that are lawful and have a duty to disobey commands that are patently unlawful, according to the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 11 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for patently
Adverb
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In that instance, Russia is clearly where Xi is invested in the relationship.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
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Denver clearly knows the school well and will have seen a ton of him before even digging into this class, having fallen in love with Barron last year.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
23 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The department did not directly respond to questions the Tribune sent in February about how the city could have let obviously questionable entries slip through in the first place.—
Joe Mahr,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
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The Red Sox would obviously prefer both finish as much more than just league-average offensive producers, but considering their starts even that would represent a major improvement from the first few weeks.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
19 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The reality is, that is not manifestly true.—
Lee Cowan,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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Many people pointed out how beautiful Jess is, how manifestly attractive, how good, how fun, how kind.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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One of the worst things that can happen to a young and evidently talented author is to be lauded too enthusiastically too soon.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
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Greenberg evidently leaned on his professional experience as a veteran producer and problem-solver and leapt into action rather that crumbling under his emotions.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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But in discharging this function, poets are in danger of slighting another imperative, namely, to redress poetry as poetry, to set it up as its own category, an eminence established and a pressure exercised by distinctly linguistic means.—
Nick Laird,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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Performance meets precision Inside, the cabin is distinctly Audi.—
Chris Jackson,
Denver Post,
24 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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But aside from Ballard’s murky future, Indy’s roster moves this offseason haven’t felt as palpably urgent as Irsay-Gordon suggested.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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As a beautiful, palpably anxious bride, Camila Morrone’s Rachel, walks down the aisle to her adoring groom, Nicky (Adam DiMarco), the sound of labored breathing nearly drowns out the music.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
26 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Setting aside the fact that these same people have done everything within their power to stifle regulation, this is self-evidently true.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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How deeply sad that a man who worked so effectively to give young men an alternative to lives of violence would have his own life snuffed out, self-evidently by young men who chose the wrong path.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Only one cardinal survived—smells like a snitch—and Urban was apparently disappointed by how little the other captive cardinals had screamed.—
Jane Bua,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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The Lakers were connected, apparently having had time to adjust to the loss of their two leading scorers, LeBron James acting as a brilliant playmaker for scorching hot shooters like Kennard, who hit all five of his treys in scoring a career playoff-high 27 points.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Patently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patently. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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