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Recent Examples of robustly
How can a nation embrace rainbow branding while failing to robustly protect the very sites where LGBTQ+ liberation took root?
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Diana Rodriguez,
Time,
8 June 2026
For Democrats in this robustly blue state, part of the challenge in figuring a path forward is that every candidate — even those already in power — pitches themselves as a bona fide progressive against the status quo.
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National Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2026
Getty Images/iStockphoto Millions of American workers spend a good portion of their careers focused on a single goal – building their retirement funds as robustly as possible.
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Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
That's a preview of the arguments the defense team may make more robustly at the actual hearing.
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Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
Rampell’s writing and commentary do not reflect the views of actual neoconservatives, who champion shrinking the welfare state as well as a robustly interventionist foreign policy.
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Ron Kampeas,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
In response to these lofty aims, the recent messages from the ranks of entrenched executives have been robustly competitive.
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Peter Bart,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2026
His successors must be robustly equipped to dare, and if necessary suffer losses, in the same way.
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Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
Estimates suggest that precision agriculture will expand robustly through the latter half of the decade, and individuals guiding this expansion will be in demand.
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Metro Creative Services,
Boston Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
Diana Rodriguez,
Time,
8 June 2026
For Democrats in this robustly blue state, part of the challenge in figuring a path forward is that every candidate — even those already in power — pitches themselves as a bona fide progressive against the status quo.
—
National Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2026
Getty Images/iStockphoto Millions of American workers spend a good portion of their careers focused on a single goal – building their retirement funds as robustly as possible.
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Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
That's a preview of the arguments the defense team may make more robustly at the actual hearing.
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Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
Rampell’s writing and commentary do not reflect the views of actual neoconservatives, who champion shrinking the welfare state as well as a robustly interventionist foreign policy.
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Ron Kampeas,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
In response to these lofty aims, the recent messages from the ranks of entrenched executives have been robustly competitive.
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Peter Bart,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2026
His successors must be robustly equipped to dare, and if necessary suffer losses, in the same way.
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Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
Estimates suggest that precision agriculture will expand robustly through the latter half of the decade, and individuals guiding this expansion will be in demand.
—
Metro Creative Services,
Boston Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for robustly
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The one-time 5% tax on the state’s billionaires has rocked Sacramento in recent months, sharply dividing Democrats and splintering labor coalitions.
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That conflict sharply curtailed the region’s oil exports and saw several gulf countries take direct retaliatory Iranian missile and drone hits.
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By the end of the decade, these issues will be actively and fiercely debated in mainstream society—in the courtroom, on the campaign trail, in the media, around the dinner table.
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The uninitiated might be surprised that Game Changer has amassed a fiercely loyal, very active online fan base.
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While the city writ large is divided on Mamdani, Democratic primary voters strongly favor the 34-year-old democratic socialist who won in an upset a year earlier, according to Bradley Honan, a Democratic pollster.
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Where assortments were once strongly driven by trends, today the starting point is the customer.
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Angry fingers jab at the California Public Utilities Commission, perhaps more vigorously than at the utilities themselves.
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My office will continue to vigorously prosecute defendants who pose serious threats to our community’s safety, especially our children.
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Footage later shared by Storyful captured the terrifying moments that followed as the house began shaking violently around him.
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There are Welsh people who are almost violently, aggressively confident.
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As in the Assembly on Monday, Republicans spoke vehemently against the taxes but had little chance at fracturing the Democrat supermajority.
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Simmons vehemently disputed the idea that the program wasn’t tailored to specific historical policies.
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Vanessa Riley’s novel powerfully illustrates that equality is not freely given.
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Research increasingly shows that service and experience drive loyalty more powerfully than products alone.
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This guest embraces her sporty side with classic sneakers, a sleek black headband, and track pants that look ready for a sprint—though the black sweater vest keeps things firmly in fashion territory.
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Apply glue, but not too much, and press firmly for several seconds.
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“Robustly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/robustly. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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