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Recent Examples of potently
Over the course of its five-season run, Stranger Things repeatedly found ways to resurrect Eighties culture, perhaps no more potently than through its many memorable needle drops.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 2 Jan. 2026
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.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
Were there any lessons learned, or wisdom gleaned, from that experience in terms of how to operate in the aftermath of the release of these films, which speak so directly and potently to our real world?
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 2 Jan. 2026
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.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
Were there any lessons learned, or wisdom gleaned, from that experience in terms of how to operate in the aftermath of the release of these films, which speak so directly and potently to our real world?
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for potently
Adverb
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And the United States, the world’s leading producer of both oil and natural gas, is now aggressively pressuring countries to keep buying and burning fossil fuels.—
Jennifer Morgan,
The Conversation,
6 Jan. 2026
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As Webster continued aggressively yelling, Rathbun reached over the barricade and shoved him back.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Taste and add salt and pepper; the milk should be assertively seasoned.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Nov. 2025
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These early reports highlight how the mode may behave more assertively than before.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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But Arca always told me to trust him, and surely enough, the song was a hit.—
Jessica Roiz,
Billboard,
8 Jan. 2026
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In what is surely the most pawsome news of the day, this means there's an entirely new, adorable, and totally adoptable lineup of furry players to root for.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Some might take issue that actual recordings get used, but given the message this expertly made film so emphatically presents, that haunting voice makes the film all that more powerful, meaningful and dispiriting.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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He was adjudged to have handled the ball in the area under pressure from Calvert-Lewin, who converted emphatically from the spot.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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On Tuesday night in Buffalo, in a battle of cursed expansion cousins, the team representing the NHL’s most overdue rebuilding effort solidly bested the league’s most virulently anti-rebuild organization, the Vancouver Canucks, by a 5-3 scoreline that flattered the road side.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Conway, 62, a former conservative lawyer who has never before run for political office, would appear to be a long shot in the race for the solidly liberal district that Nadler has represented for more than three decades.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
6 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Fundholz was speaking more firmly and resolutely than before.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Dec. 2025
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Their three arcs form a sweeping epic of sapphic immortality — resolutely old-fashioned in detail but thrillingly contemporary in the telling.—
Emma Alpern,
Vulture,
2 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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This selective approach came after years of working intensively to support her two sons as a single mother.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
7 Dec. 2025
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So important are Rubicon units that the Ukrainian security services are now intensively searching out their forward bases.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
22 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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While rigidly matching all your fixtures was once believed to make a bathroom feel sophisticated and seamless, today, designers disagree.—
Cori Sears,
The Spruce,
31 Dec. 2025
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The source claims Nick's days are rigidly controlled, his movements limited and his contact with the outside world effectively non-existent.—
Danielle Bacher,
PEOPLE,
20 Dec. 2025
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“Potently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potently. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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