shallowly

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Recent Examples of shallowly 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
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Adverb
  • In 2020, voters narrowly passed Measure W, a half-cent, 10-year sales tax, but the money was held up for years as part of a court challenge the county ultimately prevailed in.
    Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Following a 34-11 season-opening win against Charlotte, the Mountaineers narrowly defeated FCS opponent Lindenwood 20-13, before falling 38-22 to Southern Miss this past weekend.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 15 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Inspectors saw an employee inadequately reheating veggie meat.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • If soils have been dry or inadequately irrigated, consider harvesting nearly ripe fruit before rainstorm events to avoid cracking.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Like dreams they are constructed to be remembered imperfectly.
    Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The power of the human voice, even transcribed imperfectly onto magnetic tape and played over a tinny speaker, was life-changing.
    Adam Verner September 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Five agents and top-level executives were known to have been summarily fired last month in a wave of ousters that current and former officials say has contributed to declining morale.
    Eric Tucker, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Wounds opened and summarily healed?
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Tech companies fully integrate AI across their operations, investing substantially rather than superficially experimenting.
    Carolyn Said, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Those that superficially implement AI, bolting tools onto current processes without modifying them, will falter.
    Jyothish R, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025

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“Shallowly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shallowly. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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