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Adverb
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The Yangs were called in and curtly told the judgment was being overturned, their lawsuit dismissed without trial.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The dissonance between their bacchanalian ritual and Adelaida’s silent, solitary suffering is marked, and the disrespect for the dead further underlined when a gravedigger tersely shoos her away from the graveside, reminding her that the area is unsafe, especially at nightfall.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Pentagon chief responded tersely after a viral backlash to a photo of a group of overweight Texas National Guard troops headed to Chicago.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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This concern about the executive and war was succinctly expressed in a letter from James Madison to Thomas Jefferson a decade after ratification.—
William J Watkins Jr,
Oc Register,
4 Mar. 2026
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Silas quietly, succinctly and secretly plants a piece of information in his pocket, which has great value.—
Max Gao,
IndieWire,
4 Mar. 2026
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Aggies have fought back, briefly taking their first lead since under three minutes left in the game.—
Tony Catalina,
Austin American Statesman,
7 Mar. 2026
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Amongst them is actress Annette Bening, who appears very briefly as a character in the show.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
7 Mar. 2026
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What matters summarily here is that the Myers trade represents real progress for the Canucks rebuild.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Sean Duffy’s federal Department of Transportation last year asserted a degree of control over the funding, congressional appropriations bills and the power of the purse be damned, and summarily declared the program dead.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
3 Mar. 2026
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Running parallel to the central chartreuse bar, the orange-sherbet end of the outer tube forms the horizontal upper framing edge of the work, feeling once again like thick construction paper or crisply folded cardstock.—
Gordon Hughes,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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The staff is crisply professional but not afraid to show personality.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Feb. 2026
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Few other comedians do this so consistently or concisely.—
John Roy,
Vulture,
13 Jan. 2026
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Well, first of all, that was incredibly concisely summarized.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
26 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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Police separated the two groups, but tensions began to escalate shortly before noon.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
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In a cap-saving move, the Pats released veteran linebacker Jahlani Tavai shortly before the start of free agency Monday.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Sententiously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sententiously. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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