stridently

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Recent Examples of stridently This was stridently done under the banner of the AI being helpful to the mid-sized company and gallantly performing its solemn duty. Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 17 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stridently
Adverb
  • Cuban Americans, usually vociferously anti-Castro, are clustered in Florida.
    Niall Stanage, The Hill, 20 May 2026
  • According to Emilia, Esteban turned up drunk and high and started rowing vociferously with other spectators.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 16 May 2026
Adverb
  • Of course, no one bothers with that, even with the content that’s blatantly generated.
    Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 26 May 2026
  • Ahead of the festival, the director called out the Oscars for being blatantly apolitical this year.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 20 May 2026
Adverb
  • 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
  • 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
  • In another day and age, the United States would have loudly condemned it.
    CBS News, CBS News, 31 May 2026
  • As his name was called and the principal shook his hand, the arena roared loudly.
    Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
Adverb
  • 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
  • They’re often boisterously stuffed into the frame together in scenes of performing and partying.
    David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
Adverb
  • Courseau and his wife and business partner, Daniele Garcia, are co-founders of Travis Street Hospitality, a resoundingly successful collection of posh-but-approachable Dallas concepts that have redefined French dining in the Metroplex.
    Claudia Alarcón, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Seeking a second four-year term, Healey has no opposition at the convention or in the September Democratic primary, and the party at the Worcester gathering will resoundingly endorse her.
    Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 28 May 2026
Adverb
  • Over time, those influences blended into a distinctly Texan food culture tied to family gatherings, church events, county fairs, football games, political campaigning and rural identity.
    Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 29 May 2026
  • Donald and Si were in some ways distinctly different.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
Adverb
  • He was lustily booed, and also maybe eight.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 20 Mar. 2026
  • 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 2 Jun. 2026.

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