strenuously

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Recent Examples of strenuously Cook strenuously denies any wrongdoing in relation to the mortgage application at the center of this dispute. Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025 The promoter, listed in CPS personnel records as a special education classroom assistant at Ellington Elementary School in Austin, has not been charged with any wrongdoing and strenuously denied that the shootings were connected with his party. Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025 The Argentos, whose Broadway Stages company is headquartered on the boulevard, strenuously opposed the redesign, as did Lewis-Martin, who advocated inside the Adams administration for the project to be rolled back, eventually resulting in the DOT modifying the plan. Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strenuously
Adverb
  • All three voter blocs strongly favored Mayor Scott’s message and policies over the approach, by both GOP and Democratic politicians, that focused only on police as messengers and policing as a response to concerns about crime.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Robert Bianco, a longtime TV critic for USA Today, emphasized how strongly Levin supported him even when Bianco’s reviews angered Levin’s sources.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • That looks like a different Caleb Williams to me, so Ben Johnson's coached him hard this offseason.
    Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The mixer's bowl boasts a distinctive walnut shade and wood grain pattern, and its food-safe seal means the bowl works hard (and looks good doing it).
    Ella Field, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Let the paste sit for ten minutes and scrub vigorously with a brush.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • Teenagers, however, log on more frequently, engage more intensively and increasingly define their social identity through online interactions.
    Daryl Austin, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The impacts were greatest in occupations that used mathematics and computing intensively, such as software development, and much less in blue collar work and fields such as healthcare that were less prone to being automated with AI.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • So, for example, [third-degree robbery], which is forcibly taking property from a person, which is violent, that's deemed as a nonviolent crime.
    Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The Dominican Republic, which shares a land border with Haiti, accounts for the largest share of Haitians who are forcibly returned, with nearly 200,000 Haitians sent back last year.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • All Dart can do now is continue to work diligently behind the scenes and wait for his number to be called.
    Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
  • When one partner diligently models patience, the other is more likely to follow suit.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Trump has vehemently denied that his tariff agenda is a contributor to those challenges.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Linehan has created multiple British comedies but in recent years has been best known for his vehemently anti-trans rhetoric.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Meditation is intensely personal.
    Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Additionally, the server market is intensely competitive and somewhat commoditized, which may hinder profit growth even if sales continue to rise.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Strenuously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strenuously. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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