as in right
as stated or indicated without the slightest difference
a line that is squarely in the middle
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Recent Examples of squarely
Forced to walk it without a global A-lister on the pitch, Al Hilal will be looking squarely at their new superstar coach to get them there.
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Liam Twomey, New York Times, 18 June 2025
The April 17 subpoena from ICE, which Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration has vowed to resist, represents a new frontier in the president’s immigration crackdown that has placed Chicago squarely in his crosshairs.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2025
Those comments put the rookie squarely in the spotlight, but for the most part Dobbins backed up his words, earning the win in the club’s eventual 11-7 victory.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 9 June 2025
This discovery places lepidopterans squarely in the Triassic Period, about 30 to 40 million years earlier than previously proven.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 5 June 2025
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Liam Twomey, New York Times, 18 June 2025
The April 17 subpoena from ICE, which Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration has vowed to resist, represents a new frontier in the president’s immigration crackdown that has placed Chicago squarely in his crosshairs.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2025
Those comments put the rookie squarely in the spotlight, but for the most part Dobbins backed up his words, earning the win in the club’s eventual 11-7 victory.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 9 June 2025
This discovery places lepidopterans squarely in the Triassic Period, about 30 to 40 million years earlier than previously proven.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squarely
Adverb
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Emily’s Sassy Lime’s installation in the Biennial is right next to one for The Linda Linda’s The Kids Are All Right Giving a prestigious museum over to a bunch of kids, and artwork previously made by kids, wouldn’t get out of the brainstorming stage in a lot of places.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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Consider them your secret weapon to hiding right under those mosquitoes’ pointy noses.—
Cheryl Fenton,
Parents,
24 June 2025
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Gener struck out 75 batters in 58 innings while walking just 14.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
20 June 2025
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Tyrone Taylor hit a one-out single off Strider and stole second, and with two outs, Mauricio sent him home for just his third RBI of the season.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
20 June 2025
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“Squarely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squarely. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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