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Recent Examples of robustly
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.
—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.
—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.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2026
His successors must be robustly equipped to dare, and if necessary suffer losses, in the same way.
—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
But the challenge of personality drift has yet to be robustly solved.
—Tharin Pillay, Time, 12 Mar. 2026
That comfortably overloaded camper package won't be of much value if it gets shredded to bits on the trail, so Goldfields equips the Escape Pod just as robustly down under.
—New Atlas, 26 Feb. 2026
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.
—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.
—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.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2026
His successors must be robustly equipped to dare, and if necessary suffer losses, in the same way.
—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
But the challenge of personality drift has yet to be robustly solved.
—Tharin Pillay, Time, 12 Mar. 2026
That comfortably overloaded camper package won't be of much value if it gets shredded to bits on the trail, so Goldfields equips the Escape Pod just as robustly down under.
—New Atlas, 26 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for robustly
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Cepeda’s adversaries sharply disagree.—
Catherine Ellis,
Miami Herald,
28 May 2026
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Gasoline inventories continue to fall sharply, declining last week to the lowest May level since 2014.—
Kevin Liptak,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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On the other side, De la Espriella has promised to fiercely crack down on criminal groups and build 10 megaprisons, following in a similar vein as El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, in his war on gangs, which has been beset by abuses, according to findings by human rights groups.—
Megan Janetsky,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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When was your competitive edge last tested and sharpened — evaluated against your peers in today’s fiercely competitive talent war?—
Jim Hebets,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Assuming, of course, those staffers don’t emulate Pelley and strongly and sharply disagree or challenge their boss in an internal staff meeting.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
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So why did this fairy tale speak to me so strongly?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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His soccer family raised funds to hire an immigration attorney, Kelli Fennell, who vigorously fought for his release.—
Gregory Royal Pratt,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2026
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Mirabeau’s words in support of universal equality were addressed to the plantation owners in France’s overseas colonies who had fought vigorously to be allowed to have deputies in the National Assembly.—
Jeremy D. Popkin,
The Conversation,
28 May 2026
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There’s a massive shoot-out where Alamo and Laurie are both killed, violently.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
29 May 2026
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Karvan and Kavian also took part in the massive protests that swept across Iran in January, before the uprising was violently quashed by the regime.—
Omar Abdulkader,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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The union has vehemently opposed a cap for decades.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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New Delhi vehemently denied the allegations and accused former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government of harboring Sikh extremists of the Khalistan movement.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 May 2026
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In the tale, an old, giant rhea ran so powerfully its steps left imprints in the sky, creating the constellation Choiols — known in the West as the Southern Cross.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
28 May 2026
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The answer is that dim residential lighting, at intensities typical of a porch light, suppresses mosquito dormancy more powerfully than even urban warming does.—
John Drake,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Rick is tightly scheduled, punctilious to a fault, endowed with verbal wit that gently but firmly shapes and smooths social interactions.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
29 May 2026
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But what might seem like a fleeting trend is firmly rooted in longheld culture, integrated into people’s routines and wellness practices for centuries.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
29 May 2026
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“Robustly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/robustly. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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