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
Still, that’s where the Carolina Hurricanes, halfway through the Stanley Cup playoffs and squarely in the middle of an ever-growing wait on the specifics surrounding their next task, find themselves.
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Sean Gentille, New York Times, 14 May 2026
Focused on assembling a slate built around creators with loyal digital audiences, its partnership with McBride fits squarely within a digital-first model, which uses YouTube to build audience and IP while scaling to theatrical releases and streaming.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 13 May 2026
Historically, Jemele Hill has fit squarely into that crowd.
—Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
For In Sound to All, Ecstatic Union is squarely in the rearview and ISTA’s sound is more defined in its psychedelic folk rock, while also more loosely experimental.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 11 May 2026
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Sean Gentille, New York Times, 14 May 2026
Focused on assembling a slate built around creators with loyal digital audiences, its partnership with McBride fits squarely within a digital-first model, which uses YouTube to build audience and IP while scaling to theatrical releases and streaming.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 13 May 2026
Historically, Jemele Hill has fit squarely into that crowd.
—Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
For In Sound to All, Ecstatic Union is squarely in the rearview and ISTA’s sound is more defined in its psychedelic folk rock, while also more loosely experimental.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 11 May 2026
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Adverb
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The remote terminal essentially moves the security screening process from the actual airport to the new facility, allowing travelers to check themselves and their bags and get on a bus that drops them off right at their airport gate, 23 miles away.—
Aaron Parseghian,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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For that truly authentic Memphis-style presentation, give the ribs a final dusting of the Memphis Dry Rub right before serving.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
19 May 2026
Adverb
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Heard whole, the Barber-Menotti product is as gloriously over the top as anything that Bette Davis ever made with William Wyler—and Heartbeat’s reduction of it to its burning cinders is as just as effective as Glyndebourne’s grandly eloquent take.—
Russell Platt,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
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Having overseen the game tent for many years, Cornelius knew just the thing to say in order to goad the customers into buying tickets.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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“Squarely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squarely. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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