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Recent Examples of shallowly
Young and shallowly rooted plants are the most impacted by heat and drought, leaving them vulnerable to diseases and pests.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
Avoid watering frequently and shallowly as this will worsen the condition.
—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
Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
Avoid watering frequently and shallowly as this will worsen the condition.
—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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Chait narrowly averted a three-union strike in April with agreements that restored labor peace — but left critics questioning whether the school system could afford the pact, and whether Carvalho would have held out for a more affordable deal.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2026
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The other gap is that the economic benefits of tourism remain too narrowly concentrated.—
Baz Dreisinger,
Forbes.com,
21 June 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
Adverb
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It’s especially imperfectly timed for millennials entering their peak household spending years and beginning to form their own families (or at least try to).—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
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Hair becomes imperfectly perfect and air-dried, makeup gets lighter and more breathable, and nail appointments tend to prioritize practicality just as much as aesthetics.—
Rebecca Norris,
InStyle,
8 June 2026
Adverb
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The next morning, he was summoned to the program director’s office and summarily dismissed.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 June 2026
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The California Third Appellate District Court summarily denied a petition filed by Nathan Trauernicht seeking to overturn a Yolo Superior Court ruling in his embezzlement case.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
8 June 2026
Adverb
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This requires that practitioners in this area have a deep understanding of the facts of a particular case and not approach the UPEPA superficially.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
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In the aftermath of Reconstruction, white-supremacist Democrats imposed superficially race-neutral requirements such as poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses.—
Adam Serwer,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
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“Shallowly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shallowly. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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