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Recent Examples of stridently
Environmentalists have repeatedly and stridently pointed out bright lights disorient nesting sea turtles and their young.
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Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 9 June 2026
Georgescu was stridently pro-Russia, and the Kremlin celebrated his victory—but Romania’s Constitutional Court annulled the result, citing evidence of interference.
—Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
The aim would seem to be to stridently prevent or mitigate the downsides and ensure that the upsides are widely and readily available.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Democrats stridently, including on this program, said time and again that his cognitive abilities were fine.
—CBS News, 31 May 2026
As one of the most stridently political voices on the show, the network allegedly decided to cut ties with her in 2013 because audiences found her views to be too conservative.
—Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 28 May 2026
The congresswoman, who is running for a fourth term representing a southeastern Florida district, has denied wrongdoing, and her attorney stridently criticized Thursday's public hearing -- the first open proceeding in nearly 15 years.
—Stephen Groves, Arkansas Online, 28 Mar. 2026
The congresswoman, who is running for a fourth term representing a southeastern Florida district, has denied wrongdoing, and her attorney stridently criticized Thursday’s public hearing — the first open proceeding in nearly 15 years.
—Stephen Groves, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Other candidates responded to Hicks’ letter more stridently.
—JosÉ Luis Villegas, Sacbee.com, 3 Mar. 2026
Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 9 June 2026
Georgescu was stridently pro-Russia, and the Kremlin celebrated his victory—but Romania’s Constitutional Court annulled the result, citing evidence of interference.
—Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
The aim would seem to be to stridently prevent or mitigate the downsides and ensure that the upsides are widely and readily available.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Democrats stridently, including on this program, said time and again that his cognitive abilities were fine.
—CBS News, 31 May 2026
As one of the most stridently political voices on the show, the network allegedly decided to cut ties with her in 2013 because audiences found her views to be too conservative.
—Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 28 May 2026
The congresswoman, who is running for a fourth term representing a southeastern Florida district, has denied wrongdoing, and her attorney stridently criticized Thursday's public hearing -- the first open proceeding in nearly 15 years.
—Stephen Groves, Arkansas Online, 28 Mar. 2026
The congresswoman, who is running for a fourth term representing a southeastern Florida district, has denied wrongdoing, and her attorney stridently criticized Thursday’s public hearing — the first open proceeding in nearly 15 years.
—Stephen Groves, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Other candidates responded to Hicks’ letter more stridently.
—JosÉ Luis Villegas, Sacbee.com, 3 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stridently
Adverb
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Arena Monterrey booed vociferously as Erik and Ivar laid out Psycho Clown with a double powerbomb.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Cuban Americans, usually vociferously anti-Castro, are clustered in Florida.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
20 May 2026
Adverb
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Of course, no one bothers with that, even with the content that’s blatantly generated.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
26 May 2026
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Ahead of the festival, the director called out the Oscars for being blatantly apolitical this year.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
20 May 2026
Adverb
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Despite that underlying tension, kids play on the street outside while the large family has a dynamic like any other — noisily squabbling, joking, or in the case of the matriarchal grandmother, Mariam (Hiam Abbass), preparing a meal in a kitchen plagued by constant utility outages.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2026
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As Lurie was transitioning into the mayor’s office, union workers were noisily picketing outside several of the largest hotels in San Francisco.—
J.D. Morris,
San Francisco Chronicle,
3 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Swift blew him a kiss and loudly applauded his performances.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
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Yet, at a moment when political, economic, technological, and cultural forces are aligned against young readers and libraries, the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature is loudly rejecting a high percentage of books that readers might be drawn to on a library’s shelves.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
12 June 2026
Adverb
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Babe Ruth was the most boisterously outspoken.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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Two Runner is buttressed by a cavalcade of boisterously rootsy country acts all deeply versed in their genre’s bloodlines, who freely celebrate them with aplomb.—
Aaron Davis,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
Adverb
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Sherman, who at 71 has served almost 30 years in Congress, resoundingly beat out Levine by more than 20 points.—
Anita Chabria,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
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Voters resoundingly reiterated their support for a more traditional prosecutorial approach favored by Jones Dickson after Price's recall, rejecting a return to the progressive prosecution reforms championed by Price.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
Adverb
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With Clive Owen in the antagonist role of Dalton Russell, the film locks into a clever heist that mixes elements of Heat, Ocean's 11 (2001), and more into something that's distinctly a Lee joint.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
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LoveShackFancy has managed to translate a distinctly American dream into markets as diverse as London, the Middle East and Asia.—
Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Adverb
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He was lustily booed, and also maybe eight.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
20 Mar. 2026
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Helen wept quietly, believing her world had come to an end, while Alice, always comfortable with attention, cried more lustily.—
Charlotte Brooks,
Big Think,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Stridently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stridently. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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