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Recent Examples of totally That 5-2 final score masks a totally different game from the superficially similar 5-1 Blues Jets score. The Athletic Nhl Staff, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025 And while the kids are seemingly not listening, Rocky said in a new Vogue cover story celebrating his upcoming gig as a 2025 Met Gala co-chair that his grandma is totally locked in on Rihanna. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 28 Apr. 2025 Remember, Tax Exempt Status is totally contingent on acting in the PUBLIC INTEREST! Marybeth Gasman, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025 The company’s digital engagements, when compared to apples and oranges, were totally different. Will Eno, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for totally
Recent Examples of Synonyms for totally
Adverb
  • American Oversight originally filed its lawsuit over the use of Signal last month and secured an order requiring the Trump administration to preserve the messages; however, in the weeks since Judge James Boasberg issued his order, multiple Cabinet-levels have been unable to fully save the messages.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2025
  • The offer was conditioned on Sexton being fully vaccinated.
    Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • As such, while some are believed to be hollow, many dinosaur bones haven’t been examined thoroughly enough to prove for sure that the cavities inside vertebrae are somehow connected to the lungs.
    Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Leave the mask on for up to 10 minutes and then rinse thoroughly.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 18 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • Because many nursing sessions end with the baby fast asleep (and the parent utterly exhausted), these pillows have taken on double duty as a napping spot for babies.
    Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Property tax levels in 1932 soared to 7 percent of GDP, an absolutely unconscionable number that is utterly inconsistent with maintaining a viable private economy.
    Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • When asked about it in his pre-match press conference, Silva, quite fairly, dismissed its relevance in strong terms.
    Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
  • But by the end of the 19th century, the industrial social-economic order that tariffs helped foster were quite different from what earlier protectionists had promised.
    Made by History, Time, 28 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • Crisp skin gives way to a perfectly rosy center, and the dish finds its soulmate in Chateau Elan’s reserve Merlot—a round and juicy red with just enough tannin to balance the duck’s richness.
    Rai Mincey, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Bone collectors will even chew a piece down to fit perfectly amid the other remains.
    Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 24 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • The little bit of smooth jazz on Brandon Roberts’ score only emphasizes that the pair is living in a wholly anonymous, minimalistic template that provides them no true comfort, just the facade of abundance.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Not wholly dissimilar from Azure Virtual Desktop, AWS WorkSpaces has been engineered to host virtual desktops in the cloud.
    Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • Or, as Dries put it, was all about paying attention.
    Brett Braley, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2025
  • If Ward, Sanders, and Dart are all off the board when the Steelers come up, the team could get desperate.
    Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • The models, not entirely human, wear iridescent garments as delicate as jellyfish themselves, challenging viewers to imagine a world where science and sustainability merge with couture.
    Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Driving at the General Tire 200 at Talladega Superspeedway, the driver proved once again that his place in the sport is entirely warranted.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2025

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“Totally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/totally. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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