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Recent Examples of strikingly
Each brand showed strikingly light, almost ice-blue denim for spring and summer, resulting in pairs that looked like they’d been worn (and loved) for years before strutting the runway.
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Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 27 Jan. 2026
In one Davos, the mood was strikingly optimistic.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 26 Jan. 2026
The second half was strikingly similar to the first.
—Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 24 Jan. 2026
Fascinatingly, this strategy is strikingly similar to those of sharks and rays, which also retain their urea to account for the salinity of seawater.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
The look, strikingly reminiscent of Tom Cruise’s fighter-pilot persona in the 1986 film Top Gun, quickly dominated coverage and commentary around his appearance.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2026
The tapes, later smuggled out of the country, captured Kim’s strikingly candid criticisms of his own films.
—Will Ripley, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
The robot’s humanoid spine, bionic muscles, and flexible skin enabled smooth motion that looked strikingly human-like.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Jan. 2026
But posing this question to about a dozen Iranians in recent days has yielded answers that feel strikingly new.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026
Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 27 Jan. 2026
In one Davos, the mood was strikingly optimistic.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 26 Jan. 2026
The second half was strikingly similar to the first.
—Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 24 Jan. 2026
Fascinatingly, this strategy is strikingly similar to those of sharks and rays, which also retain their urea to account for the salinity of seawater.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
The look, strikingly reminiscent of Tom Cruise’s fighter-pilot persona in the 1986 film Top Gun, quickly dominated coverage and commentary around his appearance.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2026
The tapes, later smuggled out of the country, captured Kim’s strikingly candid criticisms of his own films.
—Will Ripley, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
The robot’s humanoid spine, bionic muscles, and flexible skin enabled smooth motion that looked strikingly human-like.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Jan. 2026
But posing this question to about a dozen Iranians in recent days has yielded answers that feel strikingly new.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strikingly
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This intricate South Korean drama is reminiscent in tone to The Killing, the spectacularly atmospheric Danish (and later American) procedural.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Jan. 2026
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This lens helps explain everything from investing mistakes and overspending to why some people quietly build wealth while others blow money in ways that, from the outside, look spectacularly dumb.—
Jasna Hodžić,
Big Think,
29 Jan. 2026
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The execs had seen firsthand what was wrong, and recognized that the IRS’s first CEO is richly equipped to deliver the fix.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
31 Jan. 2026
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But the brownie base itself is still richly chocolatey and tender.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
31 Jan. 2026
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Her go-to fringe takes on a longer, wispier, and curtain bang style that pairs gorgeously with her loose waves.—
Krista Carter,
InStyle,
27 Jan. 2026
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Unsurprisingly, as Goodman has written gorgeously about raising her own children, the book is most affecting when shifting between the points of view of parent and child.—
Chloe Schama,
Vogue,
24 Jan. 2026
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Day trips to Amalfi-style Taormina are well-advised for those who have yet to gawp at its clifftop panoramas across the Mediterranean or its film star hotels, as are jaunts to the rambling flea markets and splendidly scruffy trattorias of nearby Catania.—
Rosalyn Wikeley,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Jan. 2026
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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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“Strikingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strikingly. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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