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Adverb
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Timothée Chalamet, for example, straddles the line between movie star and character actor, choosing complex roles that require him to inhabit radically different characters and show off his range and acting chops.—
Clement Obropta,
IndieWire,
16 June 2025 -
Both moves were cheered by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, who has a radically different interpretation of the agency’s core mission–protecting human health and the natural environment–than his predecessors.—
Alan Ohnsman,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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He’s read a few books on the subject, but he’s also discovered—as all risk-takers eventually do—that practice and game day are two wholly different animals.—
Levi King,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Narrating what happened with the boy in the autopsy room turned out to be wholly different from experiencing it; the riptide shock of that moment slowed to a largo of painful excavation.—
Danielle Ofri,
New Yorker,
7 June 2025
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Forced to be an armchair detective, he’s assisted in his sleuthing by girlfriend Lisa (Grace Kelly, utterly gorgeous and talking in a tiny voice that sounds as if her throat had been chilled with a constant supply of ice drops).—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
13 June 2025
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Mexico has strongly rejected the accusation — which Trump’s chief of homeland security repeated — as utterly false.—
Laura Strickler,
NBC news,
13 June 2025
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Still, through all of that, Trump remained remarkably on message and supportive.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2025
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Even without a physical rail holding the Joy-Cons to the system (as on the Switch), the magnetic connection feels remarkably sturdy in portable mode.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
6 June 2025
Adverb
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There's not enough — there will never be and should not be enough — employees for a one-on-one situation, although my father was absolutely convinced that someone at the IRS every year looked at his return.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Having said that, returning from a serious ankle injury is absolutely something to be concerned about.—
Brad Biggs,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2025
Adverb
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Not Showcasing Remote Skills Certain industries and roles tend to do exceptionally well and are extremely popular as far as remote work opportunities are concerned.—
Rachel Wells,
Forbes.com,
15 June 2025
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And Senga has performed exceptionally well, leading Major League Baseball with a 1.47 ERA over 13 starts.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
14 June 2025
Adverb
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The National Endowment for the Arts, which Trump has proposed eliminating entirely, requested a $210.1 million budget for 2025, and millions in grants for arts groups have been clawed back this year under Elon Musk’s DOGE.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
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But Hector isn’t entirely blind to the outcomes of war.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 June 2025
Adverb
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Mills, a longtime associate of Fiona Apple, knows this territory well: the pointed self-analysis of an extremely sensitive person.—
Jenn Pelly,
Time,
7 June 2025
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City’s academy has been extremely productive in recent years, with Phil Foden the shining light, but Rico Lewis, James McAtee, Oscar Bobb and O’Reilly are all now established squad players.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
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“Profoundly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profoundly. Accessed 21 Jun. 2025.
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