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Recent Examples of silently
Imagine gliding across long distances at nearly 400 miles per hour on a train that floats silently above its tracks.
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
All the teachers sat silently next to the crowd, completely incapable of controlling them.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
Elephants moved silently in the distance, and a herd of impala bounded across the plain, skittish but unconcerned with us.
—Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Instead, the command silently downloads Shamos, bypasses macOS Gatekeeper protections, and installs the malware.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Even before 2020, families often struggled silently, relying on libraries, community centers, or fast food parking lots for Wi-Fi.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 11 Sep. 2025
Loneliness silently dismantles trust and team cohesion, foundational elements that drive performance, innovation, and resilience.
—Kristin Gleitsman, Harvard Business Review, 11 Sep. 2025
Kai stood silently with his bike on Thursday as news crews packed up their equipment near his school.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 11 Sep. 2025
Most infections clear naturally, but in a small fraction of people, the virus persists silently for decades before cancer develops.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
All the teachers sat silently next to the crowd, completely incapable of controlling them.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
Elephants moved silently in the distance, and a herd of impala bounded across the plain, skittish but unconcerned with us.
—Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Instead, the command silently downloads Shamos, bypasses macOS Gatekeeper protections, and installs the malware.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Even before 2020, families often struggled silently, relying on libraries, community centers, or fast food parking lots for Wi-Fi.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 11 Sep. 2025
Loneliness silently dismantles trust and team cohesion, foundational elements that drive performance, innovation, and resilience.
—Kristin Gleitsman, Harvard Business Review, 11 Sep. 2025
Kai stood silently with his bike on Thursday as news crews packed up their equipment near his school.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 11 Sep. 2025
Most infections clear naturally, but in a small fraction of people, the virus persists silently for decades before cancer develops.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 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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Meanwhile, Al Horford and the rest of the veterans in Golden State's waiting room are quietly pleading for clarity.—
Bobby Krivitsky,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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To address that and open up the experience to more of the workforce at Kennedy, the agency has quietly begun work to establish a new facility.—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Silently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silently. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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