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Recent Examples of solidly
Both Los Angeles teams have seen their QBs climb the board, with Herbert still solidly in third place, despite a Week 4 loss to the *checks notes* Giants.
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Hannah Vanbiber, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
That’s not to denigrate Punch, which is solidly built and well-meaning without sanctimony.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
The Bears' offense ranks solidly in the upper half of the league in yardage, with Rome Odunze emerging as a lethal deep threat.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Allende is solidly back in her metier with a multigenerational cast of characters, thrilling action in Chile and a sprinkling of magical realism.
—The Know, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2025
The targets are the 29 seats rated competitive by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report and six seats considered more solidly red.
—Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2025
Tiffany has been reelected by more than 20-point margins in the solidly red district.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Retirement helped Republicans create a solidly conservative court Kennedy’s retirement more than two decades later helped solidify conservatives’ control of the court.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
And editor Sakura Seya does a briskly efficient job of making the metro-corridor Moebius strip feel not only plausible, but solidly real, with only some later developments allowing for any variation in shot style or rhythm.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
Hannah Vanbiber, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
That’s not to denigrate Punch, which is solidly built and well-meaning without sanctimony.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
The Bears' offense ranks solidly in the upper half of the league in yardage, with Rome Odunze emerging as a lethal deep threat.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Allende is solidly back in her metier with a multigenerational cast of characters, thrilling action in Chile and a sprinkling of magical realism.
—The Know, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2025
The targets are the 29 seats rated competitive by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report and six seats considered more solidly red.
—Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2025
Tiffany has been reelected by more than 20-point margins in the solidly red district.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Retirement helped Republicans create a solidly conservative court Kennedy’s retirement more than two decades later helped solidify conservatives’ control of the court.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
And editor Sakura Seya does a briskly efficient job of making the metro-corridor Moebius strip feel not only plausible, but solidly real, with only some later developments allowing for any variation in shot style or rhythm.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for solidly
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The Personalization System – Continuously adapting your approach based on what's working and what isn't, rather than rigidly following someone else's blueprint.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
27 Aug. 2025
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One of de l’Horizon’s core motivations in writing this book was to find a form of genuine self-expression in a language that is rigidly gendered.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Aug. 2025
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The Denver Broncos soundly defeated the Joe Burrow-less Cincinnati Bengals on Monday night.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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The effect was clear the next morning when Mita was still resting soundly.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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Some reporting indicated the charges also could seek to reference whether Comey ever authorized his friend, Daniel Richman, to leak information on his behalf, but such a scenario also would present challenges because Cruz’s question is squarely aimed at the leak to The Wall Street Journal.—
Rebecca Beitsch,
The Hill,
30 Sep. 2025
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Ma outlined how Openwav pivoted to focus squarely on independent musicians struggling in the streaming era.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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Star Trek is different; the resolutely sci-fi voyages of James T Kirk, Jean-Luc Picard, and their successors on the final frontier are much more likely to be underpinned by science or, at least, the franchise's version of it.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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At the center stands a bronze Caryatid by Louis Félix Chabaud, a classical guardian presiding over a resolutely modern space and anchoring the atrium from below.—
Erica Wertheim Zohar,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Amazon has been steadily boosting partners for its DSP, inking recent pacts with Netflix, Disney and Roku for programmatic ad sales.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
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Egg prices, initially high in early 2025 due to avian influenza, have steadily declined.—
Olivia Evans,
Louisville Courier Journal,
1 Oct. 2025
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The brand has been slowly but steadily growing its own store fleet — even as the sisters remain determinedly behind the scenes.—
WWD Staff,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
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If the goal is a lineup with as few holes as possible, the Hurricanes do so more emphatically than any other team in the league.—
The Athletic NHL,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Lincoln was commander-in-chief of America’s army in a time of an actual and indeed existential war that Congress had expressly, emphatically, and repeatedly blessed in every way.—
Akhil Reed Amar,
Time,
22 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, meanwhile, has steadfastly maintained that Trump could have easily avoided a shutdown.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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No matter how much football is sanitised, or how much is taken away from us, chants remain something that steadfastly belong to us.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Solidly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solidly. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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