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Recent Examples of premeditatedly
Prosecutors said Brian Walshe premeditatedly murdered and dismembered his wife, then disposed of her remains in dumpsters.
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Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2025
Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for premeditatedly
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Hungary's nationalist prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of deliberately holding up oil supplies -- claims that Zelenskyy denies.—
LORNE COOK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
18 Mar. 2026
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The restrictions have disrupted the daily lives of millions of residents and hit businesses that rely on mobile internet, leading Muscovites to revert to cash — and some are questioning whether their government is doing it deliberately.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
17 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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TVs are absent, and phone use is intentionally limited to help guests disconnect and rest deeply.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 Mar. 2026
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Watchdog agency said facilities intentionally misdiagnose residents with dementia to hide inappropriate use of antipsychotic drugs.—
Christopher Rowland,
Washington Post,
19 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Knowledge in our day and age can at most be willfully ignored.—
Robert Pogue Harrison,
The New York Review of Books,
19 Mar. 2026
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Hayes was sentenced to six months of home confinement in May 2022 after pleading guilty to willfully failing to implement anti–money laundering controls at BitMEX—specifically, for allowing American customers to access the platform via VPNs while publicly claiming otherwise.—
Clara Molot,
Vanity Fair,
17 Mar. 2026
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About 16% of children who die in hot cars are knowingly left behind.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
18 Mar. 2026
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Of course, prosecution should occur only if evidence shows that Noem knowingly made false statements under oath.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
14 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Is its packaging consciously designed or needlessly wasteful?—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
21 Mar. 2026
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Kang noted that Demon Hunters’ visual style was consciously shaped by her lifelong love of anime and manhwa — Korean comics and graphic novels — and executed with careful attention to Korean linguistic and cultural nuances, even though the film’s lingua franca is American English.—
Dan Bilefsky,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Mar. 2026
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During closing arguments that spanned two days, prosecutors drove home their argument that Jones and Dowling purposely corrupted Public Utilities Commission of Ohio chair-to-be Sam Randazzo for their own benefit.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Mar. 2026
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But Democrats have purposely left out funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection from those proposals while negotiations with the White House continue.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Premeditatedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/premeditatedly. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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