stridently

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Recent Examples of stridently Other candidates responded to Hicks’ letter more stridently. JosÉ Luis Villegas, Sacbee.com, 3 Mar. 2026 Still, Democrats stridently argued that Congress needs to assert its role in determining when the president can use wartime powers. Stephen Groves, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026 The White House stridently disagreed with Conley. Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 17 Nov. 2025 And Bina remains as stridently anti-Joanne as ever, banning her from the Roklovs’ weekly Shabbat dinner and blaming her when Noah is passed over for the promotion. Judy Berman, Time, 23 Oct. 2025 There are plenty of skeptics countering the AI hype machine, though few professional market analysts have done so as stridently as Julien Garran, a researcher and partner at the UK firm MacroStrategy Partnership. Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025 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. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stridently
Adverb
  • The Teamsters join the Writers Guild of America in vociferously opposing the deal.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Offered new plans with less lucrative terms, cardholders who’d grown used to earning generous points and a sweet deal took to Reddit to complain vociferously about Bilt.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026
Adverb
  • This is a blatantly commercial song.
    Charlie Harding, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
  • That act was so blatantly partisan, IOC president Kirsty Coventry said her organization would investigate whether Infantino, an IOC member, breached the terms of the group’s charter, which requires members to act independent of political interests.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • The neighbors say that motorcycle enthusiasts regularly drive recklessly and noisily along RM 2222 west of Loop 360 and that officers have not been able to reign in the behavior under existing city rules.
    Austin Sanders, Austin American Statesman, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Neither is the machine that, partway through the play, noisily turns the stage into a great berg of foam, which slowly subsumes a resigned Kramer.
    Talya Zax, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
Adverb
  • Amid a backdrop of heightened political stakes, thousands of people of all backgrounds braved the rain Sunday to loudly celebrate Latino and Hispanic culture at the Calle Ocho Music Festival in the heart of Little Havana.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Speak loudly, stand with journalists, and defend the very freedoms that make moments like today possible.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 15 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • In a video captured by a Bee journalist, Sodke was seen boisterously entering the stage at Golden 1 Center to receiver her diploma from Chancellor Gary May while cheering on her fellow undergraduates that day.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • About 150 people attended the meeting, and boisterously applauded when speakers condemned the town’s less stringent rules.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2026
Adverb
  • Crockett lost, pretty resoundingly, especially with white and Latino voters.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • It was loved by the students attending — and resoundingly detested by the judges.
    Jim Farmer, AJC.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Adverb
  • The majority of nights out in Taipei, my group was driven to distinctly non-Taiwanese restaurants — a Moroccan joint, a Japanese buffet, a Persian eatery, etc.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
  • As a reminder, pot still whiskey is a distinctly Irish category that is made on a pot still from a mashbill of malted and unmalted barley, while grain whiskey incorporates other cereal grains besides barley into the recipe.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • They were lustily booed at every opportunity.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
  • 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 Mar. 2026.

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