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Recent Examples of stridently
Local stations in the United States used to be divided between scores of independents or small groups, but after decades of the same kind of consolidation that has swallowed up the rest of the media business, companies like Nexstar and the more stridently conservative Sinclair are the top dogs.
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Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
Kennedy’s contentious exchanges fit a familiar pattern, with the longtime vaccine skeptic stridently denying statements made in the past when pressed by lawmakers.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
Nipping at his heels is the stridently anti-immigration party Alternative for Germany, which has seen considerable gains in recent years in state elections and opinion polls.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Anna’s getting married to fancy restaurant chef Eric (Manny Jacinto), a London expat with a stridently posh daughter Lily (Sophia Hammons), who happens to be the daily nemesis of surfer-girl Harper.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
Kennedy’s contentious exchanges fit a familiar pattern, with the longtime vaccine skeptic stridently denying statements made in the past when pressed by lawmakers.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
Nipping at his heels is the stridently anti-immigration party Alternative for Germany, which has seen considerable gains in recent years in state elections and opinion polls.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Anna’s getting married to fancy restaurant chef Eric (Manny Jacinto), a London expat with a stridently posh daughter Lily (Sophia Hammons), who happens to be the daily nemesis of surfer-girl Harper.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stridently
Adverb
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One of Fidel and Raúl Castro’s sisters, Juanita, spent decades vociferously denouncing her brothers from exile in Miami.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Over the next weeks, parents and students began to complain vociferously about getting sick at school.—
Nate Anderson,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The Penguins were down 2-1, but were controlling the majority of play when Rust was blatantly tripped in the corner.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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Steve Ellis, a former deputy director of the Bureau of Land Management under the Obama administration, said blatantly partisan political messages have no place on agency websites.—
Kirk Siegler,
NPR,
7 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Anne, too, is quite busy having her baby, noisily.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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But what happens when everyone who can noisily quit already has?—
Keren Landman,
The Atlantic,
17 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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When threatened, gopher snakes often flatten their heads and hiss loudly, mimicking rattlesnakes to deter predators.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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People were able to talk in most areas, though those who did usually didn’t do so loudly.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
13 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Shot in Montreal by David Picard, directed by Stefanie Soho, and styled by longtime Aldo collaborator Cary Tauben, the campaign includes moments like a woman walking onto a karaoke stage for a solo number and a young man at first reserved and then boisterously attempting to play the tuba.—
Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
Adverb
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Harris resoundingly rejected this argument.—
Carrie Johnson,
NPR,
17 Sep. 2025
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Those fortunes were made and squandered rapidly—Iran went from bereft during the Iran-Iraq War, to unbeatable two decades later, to resoundingly beaten a little less than two decades after that.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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On-screen, this creates a distinctly different result.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
17 Oct. 2025
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Many people associate it with a distinctly Japanese vision of the future — the nightscape of Neo-Tokyo, motorcycles racing through it.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
16 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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One play after a Jalen Hurts fumble — and only three plays into the second half — the Philadelphia Eagles were trailing the Los Angeles Rams 26-7 in their NFC championship game rematch, with an offensive effort that was lustily booed by the home crowd.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
21 Sep. 2025
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“Stridently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stridently. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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