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Recent Examples of strikingly
The men and boys who benefited from this bounty of foreign assistance were themselves strikingly polyglot and pluralistic.
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Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
This predominantly white oak home follows suit, with strikingly—and soothingly—little deviation.
—Kathryn Romeyn, Architectural Digest, 7 Nov. 2025
But all of them had some sort of vision of where the American journey should now lead, albeit visions that were strikingly different and sometimes in conflict.
—Susan Page, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Her team learned to predict which neurons would fire when a monkey saw a specific face; even more strikingly, given a pattern of neurons firing, Tsao’s team could render the face.
—James Somers, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Jolly views himself as an agent of change for Florida, while advocating policy positions that are strikingly different from his GOP incarnation.
—Taylor Millard, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2025
This multihyphenate job description instantly puts Sennott under the same spotlight as her forebears Lena Dunham and Issa Rae, women who were also given the golden ticket of a series on TV’s most prestigious platform at a strikingly young age.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
In Virginia, some customers are being presented with strikingly high deductibles for next year, said Deepak Madala, the director of Enroll Virginia, which assists people with enrolling in coverage.
—ABC News, 28 Oct. 2025
The setting of a raucous party allows DaCosta to thread strikingly modern musings on the intersections of race, queerness, and class into Ibsen’s classic without weighing it down.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 28 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
This predominantly white oak home follows suit, with strikingly—and soothingly—little deviation.
—Kathryn Romeyn, Architectural Digest, 7 Nov. 2025
But all of them had some sort of vision of where the American journey should now lead, albeit visions that were strikingly different and sometimes in conflict.
—Susan Page, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Her team learned to predict which neurons would fire when a monkey saw a specific face; even more strikingly, given a pattern of neurons firing, Tsao’s team could render the face.
—James Somers, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Jolly views himself as an agent of change for Florida, while advocating policy positions that are strikingly different from his GOP incarnation.
—Taylor Millard, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2025
This multihyphenate job description instantly puts Sennott under the same spotlight as her forebears Lena Dunham and Issa Rae, women who were also given the golden ticket of a series on TV’s most prestigious platform at a strikingly young age.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
In Virginia, some customers are being presented with strikingly high deductibles for next year, said Deepak Madala, the director of Enroll Virginia, which assists people with enrolling in coverage.
—ABC News, 28 Oct. 2025
The setting of a raucous party allows DaCosta to thread strikingly modern musings on the intersections of race, queerness, and class into Ibsen’s classic without weighing it down.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 28 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strikingly
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Harry Wilson and Ryan Sessegnon have scored two apiece, but a combination of Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Yerson Mosquera, Brentford’s Ethan Pinnock and, most spectacularly, Leeds United’s Gabriel Gudmundsson have registered more goals for Marco Silva’s side.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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For the rest of its running time — and there’s a fair bit still to come — Train Dreams will walk that fine line spectacularly.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
8 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Also because every page of the screenplay is so richly detailed, and there's something exciting happening.—
EW Staff,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Nov. 2025
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The solar system is far more richly endowed by resources than everyday experience might suggest.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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The addition of orange gives this gorgeously vibrant sauce a zing of brightness that's a perfect pairing with its decidedly festive hue.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
10 Nov. 2025
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Sold to Menemsha, studied in its craft, genuinely tense and gorgeously shot, highlighting the heavenly mountains and a historical hell.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Gerbera daisies abhor overhead irrigation that can lead to mildew problems and grow splendidly when surrounded by gravel or wood chips.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
11 Oct. 2025
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Before attending the show, Streep and Wintour, 75, met each other and the pair appeared to get along splendidly, as seen in a video posted on Instagram by Vogue.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Strikingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strikingly. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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