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Recent Examples of strikingly
Offering strikingly intimate access to a real, unfolding love triangle, the film documents all sides of what is usually kept behind closed doors.
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
To celebrate the release of her debut solo studio album, Halle Bailey gets strikingly honest in the latest episode of Billboard’s Takes Us Out video series.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2025
Doing so reveals a larger bearish formation that looks strikingly similar to the setup in mid-April — just before the market-wide reversal began.
—Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
Fifty-one years old, full head of hair, strikingly handsome, with three young kids (Tyler, Skyler, and Zoe) and wife (Donna, attorney).
—Iris Bahr, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
In Kleinschmidt’s lightly disguised description published in the journal American Imago, Roth is depicted as a southern playwright suffering from dreadful guilt over leaving his wife—this, of course, a strikingly different version than Roth’s own obsessively repetitive account.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Even in the majors, though, the directive is strikingly similar, pun intended.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
For an evening devoted to inspiration, the show’s final acts offered a strikingly different kind of message.
—Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
And following the team's loss to the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday, the 28-year-old had strikingly little to say that would classify as a hint about his desires.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
To celebrate the release of her debut solo studio album, Halle Bailey gets strikingly honest in the latest episode of Billboard’s Takes Us Out video series.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2025
Doing so reveals a larger bearish formation that looks strikingly similar to the setup in mid-April — just before the market-wide reversal began.
—Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
Fifty-one years old, full head of hair, strikingly handsome, with three young kids (Tyler, Skyler, and Zoe) and wife (Donna, attorney).
—Iris Bahr, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
In Kleinschmidt’s lightly disguised description published in the journal American Imago, Roth is depicted as a southern playwright suffering from dreadful guilt over leaving his wife—this, of course, a strikingly different version than Roth’s own obsessively repetitive account.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Even in the majors, though, the directive is strikingly similar, pun intended.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
For an evening devoted to inspiration, the show’s final acts offered a strikingly different kind of message.
—Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
And following the team's loss to the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday, the 28-year-old had strikingly little to say that would classify as a hint about his desires.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strikingly
Adverb
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The date goes badly, but the song goes spectacularly.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
26 Oct. 2025
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Most have failed spectacularly.—
David Oliver,
USA Today,
19 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The colors are richly saturated, and when something catches Ryan’s eye—say, a bee alighting on a wildflower—the images shimmer with an almost radioactive intensity.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
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The Emmy-nominated and Webby-winning show highlighted the richly biodiverse ecosystem of the Central American nation's Coiba National Park, which includes an island that was once a penal colony.—
Maya Duclay,
ABC News,
23 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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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,
24 Oct. 2025
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Moss and resin mingle to create a gorgeously woodsy, meditative fragrance that brings the crisp calm of the coniferous tree indoors.—
Michael Stefanov,
Robb Report,
14 Oct. 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 28 Oct. 2025.
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