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Recent Examples of steadfastly
But safety and beauty, like dignity and love, are values DeSantis steadfastly refuses to acknowledge.
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Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Until Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Finland, which shares more than 800 miles of border with Russia, had remained steadfastly neutral for decades, including during the Cold War.
—Andrea Mitchell, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2025
Witkoff said the concession that Zelenskyy has steadfastly rejected would be on the agenda.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
Five years later, Albert Einstein made the case that light — which had always acted steadfastly like a continuous wave — also came in particle-like chunks of energy.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025
And Reid has always steadfastly followed his heart, regardless of any potential commercial consequences.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Until Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Finland, which shares more than 800 miles of border with Russia, had remained steadfastly neutral for decades, including during the Cold War.
—Andrea Mitchell, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2025
Witkoff said the concession that Zelenskyy has steadfastly rejected would be on the agenda.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
Five years later, Albert Einstein made the case that light — which had always acted steadfastly like a continuous wave — also came in particle-like chunks of energy.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025
And Reid has always steadfastly followed his heart, regardless of any potential commercial consequences.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for steadfastly
Adverb
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This article is being continuously updated.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
9 Sep. 2025
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In healthcare, agents might be tasked with coordinating patient care across numerous services, continuously staying up-to-date on relevant studies around treatment and medication, and autonomously tracking and responding to pandemics and public health issues.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Their company has grown steadily, bootstrapped yet ambitious.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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As with the terms hipster or democracy, though, the true definition of midcentury modern has steadily eroded from overuse and blatant misrepresentation on Facebook Marketplace.—
Will Speros,
Architectural Digest,
3 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Organizations actively developing ProSocial AI become magnets for engineers, data scientists, and ethicists who want meaningful work that contributes positively to society.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Chérizier, 48, who’s been actively meeting with former rivals, may be trying to duplicate the conditions in Carrefour, a sprawling suburb south of the capital where gangs now settle disputes, enact rules and profit from residents’ commercial activities.—
Johnny Fils-Aimé,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Let the paste sit for ten minutes and scrub vigorously with a brush.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
30 Aug. 2025
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Large, foreign sugar cane corporations arrived in Hawai‘i shortly after and expanded vigorously throughout the second half of the 19th century.—
Will McGough,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Hill’s lawyers fired back at Vaccaro’s accusations and vehemently denied any violence took place in a statement to TMZ Sports on Monday.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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For his part, Combs has vehemently denied any involvement.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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This was Sunderland’s big day and, unlike the unremittingly bleak goodbye to this level in 2016-17, there is early cause to believe a very different club can enjoy very different fortunes back in the Premier League.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
17 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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This office will zealously pursue justice to the fullest extent of the law to protect our vulnerable adults and their families from such an atrocity.—
Christina Hall,
Freep.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Al-Sistani’s patience during the early months of the occupation kept Iraqi Shia from zealously fighting the Americans.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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As a heads-up, some ardently believe that our prevailing LLMs and AI architecture are not going to get us to artificial general intelligence (AGI) or artificial superintelligence (ASI).—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Steadfastly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steadfastly. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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