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Recent Examples of stridently
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.
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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
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
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stridently
Adverb
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Jay vociferously denied the allegations (as did Combs), and wound up suing Jane and her lawyer, Tony Buzbee, for malicious prosecution and defamation.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
24 Mar. 2026
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The Teamsters join the Writers Guild of America in vociferously opposing the deal.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Kent also sought refuge with Candace Owens, a blatantly antisemitic influencer on the far right, and her podcast audience.—
David M. Drucker,
Twin Cities,
29 Mar. 2026
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This is a blatantly commercial song.—
Charlie Harding,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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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
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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
Adverb
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The protesters were using a bullhorn and yelling loudly, disrupting services, authorities said.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
5 Apr. 2026
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Slim Shady, her roughly 70-pound, 22-year-old sulcata tortoise, farts loudly, sometimes knocks her down and has forced her to find him after absconding in her North Highlands neighborhood when her front gate was left open.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
4 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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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
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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
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Capitol Hill has struggled to reach an agreement to reopen the department as Democrats have demanded to carve out money for immigration enforcement operations from a DHS funding bill, a proposal that several House Republicans have resoundingly rejected.—
Hailey Bullis,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Apr. 2026
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Crockett lost, pretty resoundingly, especially with white and Latino voters.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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If indeed comets are like cats, Comet MAPS appeared Manx-like but distinctly green, a fuzzball (as astronomers are wont to call a small, tailless—or nearly so—comet) in my image from the Celestron Origin.—
Tony Hoffman,
PC Magazine,
2 Apr. 2026
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Even a protein treatment applied to your natural hair deposits an almost imperceptible film atop the strands, rendering the texture distinctly different, thicker, and drier.—
Noel Cymone Walker,
StyleCaster,
1 Apr. 2026
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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 8 Apr. 2026.
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