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Recent Examples of stridently
Ukraine’s accession process was long stymied by Hungary, under stridently nationalist former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who was considered Russia’s strongest ally in Europe and possible threat to the EU project.
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ABC News,
15 June 2026
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.
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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.
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Democrats stridently, including on this program, said time and again that his cognitive abilities were fine.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Stephen Groves,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
ABC News,
15 June 2026
Environmentalists have repeatedly and stridently pointed out bright lights disorient nesting sea turtles and their young.
—
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stridently
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In a statement, the soccer federation vociferously pushed back.
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Which helps explain why companies complain vociferously about the absence of these skills in entry-level workers.
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Of course, no one bothers with that, even with the content that’s blatantly generated.
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Ahead of the festival, the director called out the Oscars for being blatantly apolitical this year.
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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.
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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.
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Your 12th House of Rest and Reflection calls loudly as the sparkling Sun forms a quincunx with Pluto in your 7th House of Partnership.
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At least one shareholder loudly called for the return of former Chairman Carlos Ghosn, while others voiced deep dissatisfaction with Nissan's continuing decline.
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Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith’s screenplay is littered with exaggerated stereotypes just waiting to be boisterously subverted.
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These movies now add up to a canon greater than the sum of their boisterously funny, deliriously inventive parts.
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Wigan, United Kingdom — Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is poised to challenge British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the country’s premiership after resoundingly winning a special election in Makerfield, northwest England, and securing his return to parliament.
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Sherman, who at 71 has served almost 30 years in Congress, resoundingly beat out Levine by more than 20 points.
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The back-to-the-land aesthetic of peasant skirts, head scarves, and florals seems to seep into fashion at this time of year, but a distinctly folk vibe is now taking over interiors too.
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As American wine continues to evolve, the story is less about competing with Europe than about forging a distinctly American identity.
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Tom Cruise sat elbow to elbow with David Beckham; UCLA and Los Angeles Lakers star Kareem Abdul Jabbar got a rousing ovation and Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart was lustily booed.
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Helen wept quietly, believing her world had come to an end, while Alice, always comfortable with attention, cried more lustily.
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“Stridently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stridently. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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