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Recent Examples of silently
How macOS protects you by default Apple has built several layers of defense into macOS, many of which run silently in the background to keep your system secure.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
At these screenings, the film is shown on the big screen while a cast silently acts out the entire film in front of the audience.
—Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Jimmy Kimmel Live then cut to a clip of the moment, in which Colbert gets handed a phone, reads what is on its screen, and silently kicks his feet up onto his table in surprise.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
This will show you who is truly in your corner and give you the opportunity to silently separate from those who show you otherwise.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
That Maestro screening featured the vociferous participation of Leonard Bernstein’s surviving family members, as well as Cooper himself watching silently from the audience (the strike prevented him from doing more), a perfect companion to Cooper’s alternately reverent and over-the-top biopic.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
The first three months after launch can determine whether a company's validation will compound, plateau or creep silently away.
—Matthew Ross, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
So are nanoplastics silently infiltrating our food chain, or just stirring up trouble at the roots?
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2025
Cars drove silently past the house.
—Laura Vazquez, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
At these screenings, the film is shown on the big screen while a cast silently acts out the entire film in front of the audience.
—Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Jimmy Kimmel Live then cut to a clip of the moment, in which Colbert gets handed a phone, reads what is on its screen, and silently kicks his feet up onto his table in surprise.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
This will show you who is truly in your corner and give you the opportunity to silently separate from those who show you otherwise.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
That Maestro screening featured the vociferous participation of Leonard Bernstein’s surviving family members, as well as Cooper himself watching silently from the audience (the strike prevented him from doing more), a perfect companion to Cooper’s alternately reverent and over-the-top biopic.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
The first three months after launch can determine whether a company's validation will compound, plateau or creep silently away.
—Matthew Ross, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
So are nanoplastics silently infiltrating our food chain, or just stirring up trouble at the roots?
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2025
Cars drove silently past the house.
—Laura Vazquez, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for silently
Adverb
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Steve taught me how to travel soundlessly through the lowland wilderness.—
Charles Elliott,
Outdoor Life,
21 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Across five starts, Thiaw has been quietly composed.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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At Ares Management's analyst day last month, the alternative asset manager quietly bumped up its three-year fundraising targets by 25%.—
Leslie Picker,
CNBC,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Silently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silently. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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