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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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Later that month, Republicans narrowly blocked a resolution against the global tariffs.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Paul Reed narrowly missed a double-double with 13 points, nine rebounds and two blocks, stepping up in Duren and Stewart’s absence to play a meaningful 19 minutes.—
Hunter Patterson,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Each said the department's practices are inadequately protecting students.—
Danielle DuClos,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Fueling your body inadequately will leave you feeling dissatisfied and undernourished.—
Jamie Johnson,
Verywell Health,
10 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Certain men who look a certain way and have a certain pedigree can behave imperfectly, to say the least, and still be confirmed into a position of power that has long-reaching consequences.—
Antonia Blyth,
Deadline,
20 Oct. 2025
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In productions large or small — or, here, imperfectly in-between, though still glorious — everything is the service of the show that creates with words, music and movement a grand American tapestry — tears and all.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Sennecke has soaked up instruction and summarily discarded poor habits from the preseason.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
13 Oct. 2025
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By Dom Luszczyszyn, Sean Gentille and Shayna Goldman Coming into last season, the Washington Capitals had taken major steps to improve a roster that, by plenty of measures, had fluked its way into the postseason and summarily gotten stomped in the first round.—
The Athletic NHL,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The Raines’ lawsuit describes a phenomenon that is superficially similar, though with far more urgent consequences.—
Vauhini Vara,
The Atlantic,
16 Oct. 2025
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But while a dual CEO structure may superficially make sense for Disney, company insiders and corporate governance experts warn there are considerations specific to the Mouse House that would make such a dynamic unwise.—
Alex Sherman,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Shallowly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shallowly. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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