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Recent Examples of patently
Americans may have become too intolerant of heat, but this is patently ridiculous.
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Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
28 June 2026
The most significant development since Sharma came on board was the reversal of the patently ridiculous 50% price hike of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate from $20 to $30 a month.
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Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
That's patently false and not supported by a shred of evidence.
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Dan Zaksheske Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
13 May 2026
PooCrave sprung to life five years later, and with its PopCrave-esque logo tweets out PopCrave-esque announcements that are patently false.
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Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2026
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.
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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.
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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.
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Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
28 June 2026
The most significant development since Sharma came on board was the reversal of the patently ridiculous 50% price hike of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate from $20 to $30 a month.
—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
That's patently false and not supported by a shred of evidence.
—
Dan Zaksheske Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
13 May 2026
PooCrave sprung to life five years later, and with its PopCrave-esque logo tweets out PopCrave-esque announcements that are patently false.
—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2026
Any suggestion that employees are only evaluated based on the volume of loads brokered is patently false.
—
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for patently
Adverb
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Set terms clearly, and honor your pace.
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The goalless half, though, hasn't been the result of two teams' playing out the string, as Australia has clearly had the better of it.
Adverb
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There are a lot of matches to look forward to, like QPR, Charlton, Watford and obviously, Millwall.
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Heavy rain was bad enough, but lightning in the area is, obviously, nothing to be trifled with.
Adverb
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What frightens scientists more than the sheer numbers are that the cuts are arbitrary and manifestly pernicious.
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These remarks are manifestly silly, but the conversation ranges into darker territory.
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That rough outing ultimately proved costly, but the Pirates evidently saw enough upside in Marte's arm to give him another chance.
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More importantly, Suzuka marked both the end and beginning of a chapter for the young team, which evidently had a lot of work to do before heading to the United States.
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Where previous generations of artists organized themselves into schools, collectives, and cooperatives, their future counterparts will work alone or, if together, then polyphonously, their different voices kept distinctly identifiable, like family members at a Thanksgiving dinner discussion.
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Framed as a feel-good drama with heart and humor, the series pairs a distinctly offbeat legal premise with a heavyweight creative package led by Weaving.
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Spielberg himself is palpably in the grip of its overwhelming emotional power, its combination of metaphysics and theatre.
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And Mary’s electric, palpably physical pursuit of justice becomes even more crucial in the final act, after a grotesque display of performative mockery toward Māori culture fractures the last remnants of civility present amid one of Cole’s lavish-yet-repulsive gatherings.
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Less frequent independent review is not self-evidently a feature.
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But, self-evidently, not his wife.
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The video allegedly showed that a driver who was apparently in front of Savino swerved into the middle lane in front of a tractor-trailer to avoid a collision, the warrant affidavit said.
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Even GOATs get butterflies, apparently.
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“Patently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patently. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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