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adjective

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Recent Examples of that
Adverb
Reese Witherspoon may have just uncovered the Goldilocks of cardigans — that is, not too heavy and not too light. Averi Baudler, People.com, 13 June 2025 Being home really made a difference too and was that much more special. Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 5 June 2025 That fact may have made her regional performance that much more important in College Station. Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025 CrowdStrike shares never deserved to be that low, but a move like that must be respected. Zev Fima, CNBC, 4 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for that
Recent Examples of Synonyms for that
Adverb
  • One that is not so honed in on aging in one type of barrel, but makes superb whisky nonetheless, is Oban.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 22 June 2025
  • Three Posts Cayton 5-Piece Tiered Shelf While decor is important, so is having a place to display those accent pieces.
    Rachel Trujillo, People.com, 22 June 2025
Adjective
  • Her family was called to the hospital, and she was admitted for several days for further testing.
    Jordan Greene, People.com, 25 June 2025
  • President Donald Trump arrived at The Hague in the Netherlands on Tuesday, hours after issuing a public rebuke of Israel and Iran amid accusations of cease-fire violations and threats of further military action.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 25 June 2025
Adverb
  • Google has confirmed details of a very complex attack with a very simple warning attached.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
  • The company’s operations were enormous and very interesting.
    Nash Buckingham, Outdoor Life, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • Notably, the party opposite to whomever is currently in the White House has a history of winning the Virginia governor's mansion and the right to serve a single non-consecutive term.
    Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 18 June 2025
  • Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
    Ganesh Rao,Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 18 June 2025
Adverb
  • The entire bet was on a big wing shot creator who was extremely young.
    Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 19 June 2025
  • Now the men in pink can make a shock escape from this extremely tight group.
    Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • To get a free ticket, tune into those stations or follow other organizations’ social and outreach platforms.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 June 2025
  • All crashing into each other in ways never seen before.
    Alan Schwarz, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Adverb
  • So Far The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time In retrospect, Soda never really sounded like Soda, as the trio’s restless identity kept morphing from album to album since the release of its new wave inflected 1984 debut.
    Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2025
  • There really is no better way to add a vibrant, healthy glow.
    María Quiles, Vogue, 21 June 2025
Adjective
  • If the two galaxies are aligned just right, the light from the farther galaxy forms a ring around the nearer one.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 10 Feb. 2025
  • How fast these farther galaxies are receding from us (which is easily read off from their color) divided by their distances gives H0.
    Liz Kruesi, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2024

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