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Recent Examples of potently
His commentary across the film, which potently mixes 16mm film and contemporary digital imagery that encompass the multiple eras of Adrian’s life, switches between adoration and regret befitting a father still contending with such a devastating loss.
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Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for potently
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Moreover, in the nineteenth century, instead of garnering global applause, Haiti’s insistence on remaining free and independent consistently brought punishment, most aggressively, by France.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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The key is going after the criminal element aggressively, assuring public safety totally, and helping addicts recover.—
Joe Dwinell,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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With the exception of SHoP’s assertively detailed, if financially troubled, extravaganza, the pall of clunkism has enveloped even projects that aspire to high design.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
22 Sep. 2025
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His confrontational style inspired a generation of young conservatives to assertively defend their values and to mock liberals, even in sometimes incendiary ways.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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This was an impressive tournament that will have surely turned heads.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Many blue-city residents who have noticed a decrease in crime surely appreciate the safer streets, an environment that tired old No Kings boomers will never have to navigate.—
Newsweek Contributors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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The people spoke, loudly and emphatically, and normally that would have been that.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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The people spoke, loudly and emphatically, and normally that would have been that.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Twin Cities,
15 Oct. 2025
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Now, ahead of another national protest, Central Indiana advocacy organizations are preparing for a long-haul movement in solidly Republican Indiana.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
17 Oct. 2025
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According to the new boundaries, Districts 3 and 5 — previously a lean Republican and a solidly Republican seat — would be combined into a single strongly Republican district.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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After Johnson gave his answer to that resolutely dumb question, several other luminaries took a whack at the zeitgeist piñata.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Knox says that this scene ended up in the script after several discussions with Steinberg about making sure the story resolutely focused on the idea that humanity is all about change and growth.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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Leyla’s was a Frenchman, an art collector twice her age, who picked her up in one of Moscow’s posh night clubs and began to educate her intensively.—
Julia Ioffe,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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Because there were only seven minutes left in the game, however, the 49ers quarterback instead gobbled three bananas while trainers intensively kneaded the muscles in his arm.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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The setlist for the reunion tour to date has been rigidly predictable, with the group performing the same 23 songs, in the same order, at all the shows to date.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
9 Oct. 2025
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The Personalization System – Continuously adapting your approach based on what's working and what isn't, rather than rigidly following someone else's blueprint.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Potently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potently. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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