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Recent Examples of spectacularly
Eight restaurants along Northwest 167th Street/Northeast 163rd Street, from just west of North Miami Beach through the heart of the city, have failed state inspection, usually quite spectacularly since December 2023.
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
After conceding three more counter-attack goals at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan last weekend, there’s an increasing feeling that when the press doesn’t quite click, things are more liable to go spectacularly wrong.
—Thom Harris, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
One of two book covers about records this month—except that this one is really about the title, which becomes the illustration spectacularly.
—Emily Temple
september 30, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
Then, in 2015, the art market spectacularly imploded, and his sales dried up almost overnight.
—Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
Why is Trump’s dealmaking backfiring so spectacularly?
—Vivek Viswanathan, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2025
This is a case where the science is interesting, in the sense that using the absorption signatures of the background quasar light to reveal signatures of star-forming galaxies that lie along those lines-of-sight is a spectacularly successful new technique.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 19 Sep. 2025
But my Little’s lack of impulse control collided spectacularly with California’s post-pandemic, free-breakfast-and-lunch-for-all program.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Brown, who held the position from 1975 to 1983, was particularly prone to policy pirouettes, most spectacularly regarding Proposition 13, California’s iconic taxation limit.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
After conceding three more counter-attack goals at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan last weekend, there’s an increasing feeling that when the press doesn’t quite click, things are more liable to go spectacularly wrong.
—Thom Harris, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
One of two book covers about records this month—except that this one is really about the title, which becomes the illustration spectacularly.
—Emily Temple
september 30, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
Then, in 2015, the art market spectacularly imploded, and his sales dried up almost overnight.
—Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
Why is Trump’s dealmaking backfiring so spectacularly?
—Vivek Viswanathan, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2025
This is a case where the science is interesting, in the sense that using the absorption signatures of the background quasar light to reveal signatures of star-forming galaxies that lie along those lines-of-sight is a spectacularly successful new technique.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 19 Sep. 2025
But my Little’s lack of impulse control collided spectacularly with California’s post-pandemic, free-breakfast-and-lunch-for-all program.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Brown, who held the position from 1975 to 1983, was particularly prone to policy pirouettes, most spectacularly regarding Proposition 13, California’s iconic taxation limit.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spectacularly
Adverb
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But as was the case with the Comey charges, the prosecution followed a strikingly unconventional route.—
Eric Tucker,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
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Gen Z is strikingly health-conscious.—
Aaron Mansfield,
The Conversation,
7 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Of course, the drawback to doing all that richly varied work is that she’s been traveling almost constantly.—
Marley Marius,
Vogue,
8 Oct. 2025
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The rally has been driven by megacap tech giants, which have invested billions in AI and are being valued richly on the potential of this emerging era.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
6 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Terastalized Sudowoodo wears a glittering armor-like coating that’s topped with leafy flowers, an effect rendered gorgeously thanks to this series’ eye-popping animation.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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The neon-hued, gorgeously lit End of Line club is Castor’s playground in the virtual world of the Grid, and Sheen knew how to make the practical set and the character his own.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
8 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Gerbera daisies abhor overhead irrigation that can lead to mildew problems and grow splendidly when surrounded by gravel or wood chips.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
11 Oct. 2025
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Before attending the show, Streep and Wintour, 75, met each other and the pair appeared to get along splendidly, as seen in a video posted on Instagram by Vogue.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Spectacularly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spectacularly. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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