straightway

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Adverb
  • The brief filed by the DOJ gets to the nub of this central issue almost immediately.
    David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
  • No damage or injuries were immediately reported, according to Russian media.
    John Bacon, USA Today, 20 July 2025
Adverb
  • Part 1 of the anime's first season premiered this past January and remained in the Global Top 10 for 10 weeks straight.
    Allison DeGrushe Published, EW.com, 14 July 2025
  • Look straight ahead and take a large step forward with one leg, lowering your body slowly.
    Jakob Roze, Health, 14 July 2025
Adverb
  • If someone succumbs to the heat, promptly relocate them to a cool, shaded location.
    Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 11 July 2025
  • This strategic forum, comprising senior business, technology and risk executives, ensures that cyber initiatives advance business goals, critical risks are promptly mitigated, and the cybersecurity function flexibly adapts to changing business needs and new threats.
    Phillimon Zongo, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Adverb
  • Moving right along from the latter-day Illya Kuryakin, Conde Nast global content director Anna Wintour, pictured below, has gathered no moss since the Wimbledon final a few days ago.
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • Stomach pain can also be a sign of diabetic ketoacidosis, a medical emergency that needs to be treated right away.10 10.
    Barbie Cervoni, Verywell Health, 15 July 2025
Adverb
  • For example, predictive AI instantly decides whether to allow each credit card charge, whereas the wholesale replacement of physicians with machines is a very long way off at best.
    Eric Siegel, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • Users can send and receive it across borders instantly.
    Wale Ayeni, semafor.com, 14 July 2025
Adverb
  • The plant species now stretches about 4,000 square feet, helping absorb water and keep the building cool with an assist from sun-reflecting membrane laid underneath.
    Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 21 July 2025
  • Palestinians’ resistance to their displacement is visible not only in images of young men brandishing weapons, Khader said, but in simple acts: an elderly woman tending to her land, remaining to care for her olive trees despite the ruins that now surround her.
    M. Z. Adnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2025
Adverb
  • My ultimate goal is to help people feel a sense of wellness, and these ingredients directly nourish that.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 23 July 2025
  • When Lucero objected, the supervisor placed the phone with the images directly in front of Lucero’s face and led colleagues in ridiculing Lucero, the lawsuit said.
    Alexandra Hardle, AZCentral.com, 22 July 2025
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“Straightway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straightway. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.

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