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Recent Examples of shallowly
Avoid watering frequently and shallowly as this will worsen the condition.
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Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026
Water plants slowly and deeply, rather than quickly and shallowly.
—Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 18 Apr. 2026
Habitat and botanical characteristics Minari grows best where the ground stays consistently moist or shallowly flooded.
—Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Mar. 2026
The infamous gossip blogger took to social media over the weekend to share a video of himself breathing shallowly in a hospital bed, with a tube of oxygen hooked up through his nostrils.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
Screen or email apnea happens when someone unconsciously holds their breath or breathes more shallowly while looking at their screen to answer emails or texts, explained Dora Kamau, lead mindfulness and meditation teacher at Headspace.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 23 Feb. 2026
Obstructive sleep apnea is a disorder in which people briefly stop breathing or breath very shallowly during sleep, multiple times per hour.
—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
Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026
Water plants slowly and deeply, rather than quickly and shallowly.
—Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 18 Apr. 2026
Habitat and botanical characteristics Minari grows best where the ground stays consistently moist or shallowly flooded.
—Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Mar. 2026
The infamous gossip blogger took to social media over the weekend to share a video of himself breathing shallowly in a hospital bed, with a tube of oxygen hooked up through his nostrils.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
Screen or email apnea happens when someone unconsciously holds their breath or breathes more shallowly while looking at their screen to answer emails or texts, explained Dora Kamau, lead mindfulness and meditation teacher at Headspace.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 23 Feb. 2026
Obstructive sleep apnea is a disorder in which people briefly stop breathing or breath very shallowly during sleep, multiple times per hour.
—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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DeGette went on to narrowly earn her place on the ballot in late March at the 1st Congressional District party assembly, just clearing the eligibility threshold while Kiros, 29, won top billing.—
Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
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And last month, Richland County narrowly voted to uphold a ban on wind and solar facilities throughout most of the county.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
31 May 2026
Adverb
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India’s waste management system relies heavily on informal collectors who remain inadequately compensated, leading to the creation of parallel streams in the waste economy.—
Aman Kumar,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
14 May 2026
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What many patients encounter instead is medical dismissal—a pattern of having symptoms minimized, deprioritized or inadequately investigated.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
12 May 2026
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The sport that does more to restrain imbalance, however imperfectly, keeps tightening its grip on the national imagination.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2026
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Every year, against impossible odds, one song still tries to answer it—even if imperfectly, for a moment, or for some.—
Desjah Altvater,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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But after being summarily dispatched by Vegas in four straight games, culminating with the Golden Knights’ 2-1 clincher on Tuesday night, the curse of the Presidents’ Trophy — given to the NHL’s best regular-season team — will spend some time on the Front Range as well.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
27 May 2026
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All those millions of software engineers and computer programmers are presumably on the chopping block and will be summarily replaced by AI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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Such lovers can soothe certain wounds in your soul, but only temporarily, only superficially.—
Taiye Selasi,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
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The bar was set high from here, but even the best Bond games have only superficially tackled the essence of the spy fantasy.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
28 May 2026
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