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somehow

adverb

Definition of somehow

as in ever

in a way that is not known or certain Somehow we got lost. She somehow managed to find her earring in the sand. It will all work out somehow.

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Recent Examples of somehow This moment captures a tension that Said faced in battling assumptions that deep political engagement somehow foreclosed the possibility of other interests. — Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2026 All of those felt like metaphors for the teenage experience that could somehow be explored in magic. — Selome Hailu, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026 The change comes just weeks after Inc’s Jason Aten found that Meta’s Muse AI somehow knew the contents of his messages, despite not giving the chatbot explicit permission to access them on his iPhone or Mac. — Emma Roth, The Verge, 2 Oct. 2026 The aesthetic is highly polished, but somehow doesn’t feel quite real. — Adam Taylor, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for somehow

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And if the situation ever reached the point where civilians actually took up arms, Canadian military literature has that covered, too.

— Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
But with more skin-care options than ever—from niche and luxury brands to medical-grade formulas—do drugstore staples still hold up?

— Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026

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But this is about Folk, the 41-year-old whose right leg could be the Falcons’ biggest point of improvement from last season and a 19-year veteran who has somehow, someway, turned back the clock.

— Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 6 Sep. 2026
Furthermore, Barca is still someway short of being able to follow a top number 9 such as Julian Alvarez.

— Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2026

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