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Adverb
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The bill narrowly failed in the Senate.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Jan. 2026 -
Dash camera video captured the teen speeding away from the traffic stop and narrowly missing a deputy standing in the road.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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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Employers should consider asking the employee why the employee believes the employer is violating the law before summarily rejecting the employee’s accusation.—
Dan Eaton,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Dec. 2025
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Soon afterward, my mother was summarily banished from The Perfect Norman Rockwell Thanksgiving.—
Daisy Rockwell,
Vogue,
27 Nov. 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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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
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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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Even as large language models such as ChatGPT superficially replicate ordinary speech, researchers want to know if there are specific aspects of human language that simply have no parallels in the communication systems of other animals or artificially intelligent devices.—
Steve Nadis,
Quanta Magazine,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Tyndall effect, a bluish discoloration from filler that has been injected too superficially, is another possible side effect and is most commonly seen in the thin-skinned undereye area.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Sketchily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sketchily. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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