stridently

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Recent Examples of stridently 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 Anna’s getting married to fancy restaurant chef Eric (Manny Jacinto), a London expat with a stridently posh daughter Lily (Sophia Hammons), who happens to be the daily nemesis of surfer-girl Harper. Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stridently
Adverb
  • Dani has fallen asleep, though only after complaining vociferously about the light.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • India has never confirmed the number and had initially vociferously denied any of its jets were downed.
    Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The right side is nearly always wrong and blatantly lying, while the left side supposedly stumbles into falsehood every once in a while.
    Tim Graham, Boston Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
  • When asked about what made that particular play so effective, Kerr almost laughed, the answer blatantly obvious.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Anne, too, is quite busy having her baby, noisily.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
  • But what happens when everyone who can noisily quit already has?
    Keren Landman, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Zohran Mamdani on His Unlikely Rise When the screens at the Brooklyn Paramount event confirmed his victory, attendees loudly cheered for minutes on end.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
  • In an hour’s span, three trucks leaving the construction site silenced the conversation, growling loudly down Rockland Drive.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 3 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • Shot in Montreal by David Picard, directed by Stefanie Soho, and styled by longtime Aldo collaborator Cary Tauben, the campaign includes moments like a woman walking onto a karaoke stage for a solo number and a young man at first reserved and then boisterously attempting to play the tuba.
    Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Adverb
  • In November 2024, Arizona voters resoundingly passed Proposition 312.
    Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Harris resoundingly rejected this argument.
    Carrie Johnson, NPR, 17 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • The film is set in a version of America that, while fictitious, still feels distinctly American.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2025
  • In the play, Tesman is described as portly and characterized as distinctly dim, and feels too soft to even foster real, passionate envy of Lovborg.
    Rory Doherty, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • 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 8 Nov. 2025.

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