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Recent Examples of solidly
Moore is now running for reelection in Utah's solidly red 2nd District.
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Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
The seat is rated as solidly Democratic by forecasters and McAdams will face Republican Riley Owen, who ran unopposed, this November.
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Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
The tech-heavy Nasdaq , meanwhile, is solidly in the red.
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Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
New York’s Twelfth District, which spans the Upper East Side, the Upper West Side, midtown, and Chelsea, is one of the richest, smallest, and most solidly Democratic districts in the country.
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Naaman Zhou,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
Spain, Belgium and Uruguay are set to play and are all solidly favored.
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Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
15 June 2026
Spain remains solidly second on the international rankings.
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Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
12 June 2026
In the meantime, Gallagher will continue his fight to keep the 1st Congressional District red after Proposition 50 redistricting redrew its boundaries, adding portions of solidly democratic Mendocino and Sonoma counties and removing conservative Shasta and Sutter counties.
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Haley Parsley
june 10,
Sacbee.com,
10 June 2026
The combative family dispute is playing out against the backdrop of MAGA politics in Ohio and has become an issue in Miller’s campaign for reelection in what has been considered a solidly Republican congressional seat.
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Pamela Brown,
CNN Money,
10 June 2026
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
The seat is rated as solidly Democratic by forecasters and McAdams will face Republican Riley Owen, who ran unopposed, this November.
—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
The tech-heavy Nasdaq , meanwhile, is solidly in the red.
—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
New York’s Twelfth District, which spans the Upper East Side, the Upper West Side, midtown, and Chelsea, is one of the richest, smallest, and most solidly Democratic districts in the country.
—
Naaman Zhou,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
Spain, Belgium and Uruguay are set to play and are all solidly favored.
—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
15 June 2026
Spain remains solidly second on the international rankings.
—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
12 June 2026
In the meantime, Gallagher will continue his fight to keep the 1st Congressional District red after Proposition 50 redistricting redrew its boundaries, adding portions of solidly democratic Mendocino and Sonoma counties and removing conservative Shasta and Sutter counties.
—
Haley Parsley
june 10,
Sacbee.com,
10 June 2026
The combative family dispute is playing out against the backdrop of MAGA politics in Ohio and has become an issue in Miller’s campaign for reelection in what has been considered a solidly Republican congressional seat.
—
Pamela Brown,
CNN Money,
10 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for solidly
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North Korea remains a close ally, rigidly committed to traditional communist tyranny.
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Rudd’s natural air of genial tension, of neurosis without an edge, plays into his character’s rigidly disciplined but relentlessly upbeat domesticity.
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Rural counties statewide soundly opposed the measure.
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As Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby and the rest of the New York Knicks celebrated the franchise’s first title in 53 years in San Antonio, Yankees manager Aaron Boone slept soundly in the comfort of his Toronto hotel room on Saturday night.
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With the success of Kpop Demon Hunters, Netflix is bringing feature animation squarely under the domain of Hannah Minghella.
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In a statement, the university took aim squarely at the issue of the dead fish in the Fenton River in 2005.
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But on a recent Wednesday at Stanford Medicine’s cancer center in Palo Alto, the boy climbed resolutely into the chair of a first-of-its-kind treatment device, focused for the task ahead.
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Jessie Mei Li, who plays the American Cola despite being resolutely English, agrees.
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Most concerning, according to an analysis by the San Diego County Taxpayers Association, is a 2026-27 spending plan that is balanced on paper but drifting steadily toward a structural deficit like the one that haunts the city of San Diego.
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Your 11th House of Friends gains steady, reliable traction, and small teamwork wins start adding up steadily in visible ways.
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The few street names in Happy Haven were determinedly upbeat, with Christian undertones.
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Wall Street has been determinedly upbeat about the war in Iran resolving in a relatively short window.
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There are so many of those reminders throughout this tournament, but rarely will the contrast so emphatically slap you across the face.
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The Fourth of July now, as in the past, should be observed, wherever it is celebrated, truly and emphatically, as a national holiday, and in no other spirit.
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In internal messaging to staff, Bunch has steadfastly asserted the Institution’s independence, while not mentioning Trump by name.
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But back the duo steadfastly returned to battle.
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“Solidly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solidly. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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