1
as in especially
in regard to something mentioned explicitly or in detail
the supplementary material was specially intended to address earlier accusations of cultural bias
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2
as in extremely
to a great degree
a specially gifted pianist
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Recent Examples of specially
Can hospital patients and the elderly be efficiently ferried to the bunkers that have been built specially for them?
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Jessi Jezewska Stevens, The Dial, 24 Apr. 2025
Choose products specially formulated for dry and/or curly hair.
—Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 22 Apr. 2025
There are a handful of subscriptions specially designed for kids.
—Christopher Murray, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
The brothers eventually sing and lead the police to a swap meet, where the guy who bought Sad Eyes is torturing her in the back of his specially squicky truck.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 17 Apr. 2025
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Jessi Jezewska Stevens, The Dial, 24 Apr. 2025
Choose products specially formulated for dry and/or curly hair.
—Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 22 Apr. 2025
There are a handful of subscriptions specially designed for kids.
—Christopher Murray, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
The brothers eventually sing and lead the police to a swap meet, where the guy who bought Sad Eyes is torturing her in the back of his specially squicky truck.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for specially
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The United States possesses abundant mineral deposits, yet ores often travel thousands of miles abroad before returning as finished components — especially rare-earth magnets and battery-grade metals that power electric vehicles, wind turbines, and advanced electronics.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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What’s the Takeaway for People With Heart Failure? Experiencing issues with planning and thinking can be especially problematic for people with heart failure, given the complex self-care required to manage the condition.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
Health,
16 May 2025
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No league in the United States is more popular than the National Football League, making the schedule release an extremely exciting day for the sports world.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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While some have argued for simply adding more landers and rovers, the analyses that can be done in laboratories on Earth will provide much more information than can be obtained on Mars with in situ assets that have, of necessity, extremely limited scientific instrumentation.—
Bruce Jakosky,
Space.com,
14 May 2025
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Minister Bartlett emphasized the importance of building human capital, particularly among young people, to sustain this economic growth.—
Jasmine Browley,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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That said, there's a particularly compelling Edgar Allen Poe-style device towards the film's end with passive implications for the central players.—
Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
10 May 2025
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You’re Obsessed With Learning About The Business Compared to hobbies, which are usually for fun and leisure, business is a very serious undertaking.—
Sho Dewan,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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And, because the cube is moving at nearly the speed of light, that position was very different indeed.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
14 May 2025
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The key to this case, however: Webb did not specifically target Hapach or have any intention of doing so — a fact agreed upon by all parties.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
10 May 2025
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The message does not specifically say which scene Baldoni is referring to but his lawsuit against Lively mentions tension over a rooftop scene in the film that Lively rewrote and presented to Baldoni as her own work before telling media outlets that her husband, Reynolds, actually wrote it.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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Chicagoans are fiercely proud of their city's working-class reputation and Leo has a reputation in the Catholic Church for sticking up for worker's rights and the disenfranchised, something highly valued in the Windy City.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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India evacuates thousands of people from villages near the highly militarized frontier in the Kashmir region.—
Riazat Butt,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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In the wake of January’s destructive firestorm in Los Angeles, FEMA notably opted to break from its decades-long tradition of testing soil for contaminants, as The Times first reported.—
Hayley Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2025
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Newsom attributed the deficit to rising Medicaid spending, economic uncertainty, and the impact of federal tariff policies, notably blaming President Donald Trump's policies for reducing state revenues by as much as $16 billion in the coming years.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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Booking flights into Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport or Fresno Yosemite International Airport can be incredibly costly, and after flying in you still need to navigate multi-hour drives to actually make it to the parks.—
Opheli Garcia Lawler,
Travel + Leisure,
20 May 2025
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As incredibly fast as that is, space is incredibly spread out.—
Jarred Roberts,
The Conversation,
20 May 2025
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“Specially.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/specially. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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