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Recent Examples of that
Adjective
And obviously, having to replace LT Terron Armstead -- who retired this offseason -- will make life that much more difficult for this offense. Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025 Apple iPhone 17 Pre-Orders May Be Across Several Dates If all four iPhones are set to be released on the same date, then pre-orders will almost certainly open on the Friday after the keynote, that is, Friday, Sept. 12 unless the announcement is the week before. David Phelan, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025 There was no reason for Neto to be taking an aggressive lead that far off the base. Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 2 Aug. 2025 Audrey Crews hasn't written her name in over 20 years, that is, until now. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for that
Recent Examples of Synonyms for that
Adverb
  • This journey has been so special full of peace, excitement, and so much grace.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Just to see John Turturro and Christopher Walken play lovers is so unexpected, so unusual and so well done.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Don’t let the problem escalate When a customer fails to pay for goods or services, stop supplying it immediately, rather than adding to its debt through further sales. 10.
    David Prosser, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Agencies refused to release Neal’s autopsy and the Florida Highway Patrol’s report of the crash, and the Orange-Osceola State Attorney’s Office had declined to comment on whether further charges are pending.
    Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • There was very little to say, except that Wesley seemed like the last person this would happen to.
    Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2025
  • That velocity had previously masked a very hittable fastball, and Sasaki’s heater got walloped in the ensuing outings.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Galaxy also are in the quarters in the opposite bracket, so a rematch for the LC championship is possible.
    Greg Cote August 17, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2025
  • The Cherokee Nation has taken the opposite approach.
    Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • But the box-office failure of Long Shot, his extremely charming 2018 team-up with Charlize Theron, coincided with the business as a whole backing away from the genre.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Any other entity, whether at the state, federal, or local level, should be extremely cautious in construing this new law as a ready-to-go template.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • With vouchers and other options, no student has to be in a school where books are on the shelves, unless their parents want them to be exposed to what America (and Florida) really look like.
    Robert Kesten, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
  • The caramelization process converts starches to sugar in sweet potatoes as well as in other veggies.
    Bethany Thayer, Freep.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • How much is new management really going to invest in Paramount+ and streaming going forward.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The purpose of the test — the largest ever in the state, which has by far the most home battery capacity in the US — was to see just how much power is really there for the utility to tap, and to ensure it could be switched on, effectively running the grid in reverse, without causing a crash.
    Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • That includes launches into low, medium and farther orbits.
    Selam Gebrekidan, New York Times, 24 July 2025
  • 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

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“That.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/that. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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