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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ploddingly
Adverb
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Sinner had left the court for a medical timeout after losing the second set, and was sweating heavily from the first set onward on a pleasant 77-degree evening.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025 -
Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), whose husband’s stock trades have been heavily scrutinized, pledged to support the legislation after the Senate committee’s passage of Hawley’s legislation (previously named the PELOSI Act).—
Hailey Bullis,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Apply your strengths deliberately.—
Gamze Acar Bayraktaroglu,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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First of all, bail was set pretty thoughtfully and deliberately by the original judge who took the case on at $3 million.—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Consumers continue to show shopping resilience while purchasing selectively and cautiously for deals.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2025
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Spring said Wednesday that the company now has tariff impacts included in its outlook and remains cautiously optimistic about the future.—
Laya Neelakandan,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Ploddingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ploddingly. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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