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Recent Examples of shallowly
Obstructive sleep apnea is a disorder in which people briefly stop breathing or breath very shallowly during sleep, multiple times per hour.
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Becky Upham, EverydayHealth.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Yet another approach is to merely and shallowly describe the persona based on your overall semblance of the person.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Becky Upham, EverydayHealth.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Yet another approach is to merely and shallowly describe the persona based on your overall semblance of the person.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shallowly
Adverb
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Cade Cunningham added 18 points, 13 assists and nine rebounds to narrowly miss his 15th career triple-double as the Pistons won their fifth straight game.—
Matt Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2026
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China's Wang Xindi narrowly beat out Switzerland's Noe Roth to take gold in the men's freeski aerials.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
20 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Issues such as menopause and perimenopause, endometriosis and Alzheimer’s disease — conditions that exclusively or disproportionately affect women — remain inadequately studied.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Feb. 2026
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Scally had already struggled after dealing inadequately with a cross, which let the high-flying visitors score their first.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Yet, like Bessette’s relationship with the Kennedy family scion, her eternity band is shrouded in mystery—imperfectly recorded through rumors, second-hand accounts, and myths invented by the press and populace.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
17 Feb. 2026
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While Julia-Roberts-as-Liz-Gilbert’s story ended, Liz-Gilbert-as-Liz-Gilbert is still moving ahead, honestly and imperfectly.—
Lilit Marcus,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The second tell came when Illinois summarily canceled its own legislative session to discuss the Arlington Heights project.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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Denver limped into the playoffs as a 6 seed and was summarily dispatched by Steph Curry and Golden State, the eventual champs, over five games in the first round.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
11 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Competition cannot be superficially manufactured, and both the causes of and solutions to its recent decline are complex.—
Charlie Hunt,
Washington Post,
9 Feb. 2026
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Competition cannot be superficially manufactured, and both the causes of and solutions to its recent decline are complex.—
Charlie Hunt,
The Conversation,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Shallowly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shallowly. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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