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Recent Examples of strikingly
These particles reflect the water’s color back to the surface—hence the strikingly intense turquoise hues.
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Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
19 June 2026
Then, aged rye from a distillery in Indiana was put into those casks for two weeks, creating a strikingly spicy and altogether delicious—not to mention unique—whiskey that really stood out.
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Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
18 June 2026
For all the money and content streamers are pouring into Southeast Asia, premium video commands a strikingly small slice of the region’s attention — only about 8 percent of the time people spend on their screens.
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Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2026
However, outside the direct path, the moon may not completely cover Venus, but many skywatchers can still enjoy a strikingly close moon-Venus pairing.
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Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
Known as earthshine, the effect makes the moon appear strikingly three-dimensional through binoculars.
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Jules-Pierre Malartre,
Space.com,
17 June 2026
The nation partied a lot this weekend – revealing strikingly different stories of America during its 250th summer.
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CNN Money,
15 June 2026
The ruins of the Ludus Magnus look strikingly similar to the current ruins of the East Wing.
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Cullen Murphy,
The Atlantic,
13 June 2026
While nail art trends often swing between ultra-minimalist and strikingly intricate, ombré nails sit comfortably in the middle.
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Rebecca Norris,
InStyle,
8 June 2026
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
19 June 2026
Then, aged rye from a distillery in Indiana was put into those casks for two weeks, creating a strikingly spicy and altogether delicious—not to mention unique—whiskey that really stood out.
—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
18 June 2026
For all the money and content streamers are pouring into Southeast Asia, premium video commands a strikingly small slice of the region’s attention — only about 8 percent of the time people spend on their screens.
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Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2026
However, outside the direct path, the moon may not completely cover Venus, but many skywatchers can still enjoy a strikingly close moon-Venus pairing.
—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
Known as earthshine, the effect makes the moon appear strikingly three-dimensional through binoculars.
—
Jules-Pierre Malartre,
Space.com,
17 June 2026
The nation partied a lot this weekend – revealing strikingly different stories of America during its 250th summer.
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CNN Money,
15 June 2026
The ruins of the Ludus Magnus look strikingly similar to the current ruins of the East Wing.
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Cullen Murphy,
The Atlantic,
13 June 2026
While nail art trends often swing between ultra-minimalist and strikingly intricate, ombré nails sit comfortably in the middle.
—
Rebecca Norris,
InStyle,
8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strikingly
Adverb
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Banks want credit for having moved beyond the Value at Risk models that failed so spectacularly in 2008, when trading-book losses at major institutions exceeded 99th-percentile VaR estimates by factors of three to ten, according to the Basel Committee's own post-crisis review.
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The line — delivered by Timothy Simons, who played the spectacularly insecure Jonah Ryan on Veep — earned one of the semester’s biggest laughs.
Adverb
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The bathhouse was richly decorated.
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Then, each June, on the Feast of Corpus Christi, the town’s traditional dresses—richly decorated, pleated, and baroque in their ornamentation—are brought back into the light.
Adverb
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The song was originally released on 1987’s Hold Your Fire and features Mann providing backing vocals and gorgeously riffing with Lee’s high tenor.
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In this inventive, boundary-pushing follow-up to Detransition, Baby, one novella and three stories take on gender, transness and lives on the margins in all of their gorgeously complicated glory.
Adverb
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And here is a helpful tip — a teaspoon of honey enhances the flavors splendidly.
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After all, Jackson finished the 2025 season splendidly.
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“Strikingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strikingly. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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