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as in completely
to a full extent or degree
I am totally upset you can't make it to the celebration
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as in systematically
with attention to all aspects or details
he made totally sure the door was locked when he left the house
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Recent Examples of totally
Passionate about utopian socialism and architecture, Gaudí’s forms and shapes were totally fresh, otherworldly and are sometimes referred to as a precursor of the Surrealist movement, of which Salvador Dalí was a key proponent.
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Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 30 Jan. 2026
Lee Legendary High-Rise Trouser Jeans For a looser yet totally polished look, try these popular Lee jeans that are aptly named for their trouser-like silhouette.
—Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
While many small space hotel of the micro or pod variety feel super stripped down and totally unwelcoming—swapping out any fun or soft goods for modular, easy to clean furniture—this hotel takes a different tack.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
Someone’s phone is always vibrating, a gimmick that often strikes me as contrived in a movie-movie but feels totally normalized in a reality-movie like The Moment.
—Anna Gaca, Pitchfork, 30 Jan. 2026
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Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 30 Jan. 2026
Lee Legendary High-Rise Trouser Jeans For a looser yet totally polished look, try these popular Lee jeans that are aptly named for their trouser-like silhouette.
—Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
While many small space hotel of the micro or pod variety feel super stripped down and totally unwelcoming—swapping out any fun or soft goods for modular, easy to clean furniture—this hotel takes a different tack.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
Someone’s phone is always vibrating, a gimmick that often strikes me as contrived in a movie-movie but feels totally normalized in a reality-movie like The Moment.
—Anna Gaca, Pitchfork, 30 Jan. 2026
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The home’s original exterior remains largely the same, but Eldridge completely renovated the former duplex into a reception area and studio space for the photography business, then added a brand-new living space to the back.—
Lennie Omalza,
Louisville Courier Journal,
5 Feb. 2026
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The full-grain leather upper is completely waterproof, too.—
Olivia Dubyak,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Feb. 2026
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These services do all the work for you by actively monitoring and systematically erasing your personal information from hundreds of websites.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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In the halftime locker room, the plan was to come out strong in the first four-minute segment and systematically break the Bluejays down.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
1 Feb. 2026
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Beyond the famous spaceships, X-Wing and TIE Fighter also brought compelling stories set in the Star Wars universe, alongside technical advancements like fully 3D graphics in place of the bitmap sprites of previous titles.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Tesla will also cease manufacturing its Model S and Model X lines of electric cars to devote itself more fully to building the robots that Musk believes will turn Tesla into a $25 trillion company.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
30 Jan. 2026
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This is why experts recommend vacuuming in different directions and thoroughly agitating the carpet piles.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Feb. 2026
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Her voice cracks in pain, anger, and heartbreak at how thoroughly the system and those around her failed her.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2026
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In this era of aridly slick technofuturist aesthetics, objects and images revealing their sutures and seams appear to be utterly alive.—
Theo Belci,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
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At the quiet end of an idyllic cove, this cottage colony was utterly remade by master minimalist Christian Liaigre.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Jan. 2026
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For Rios, the celebration hits home — quite literally — as a Bay Area native.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Firstly, in drone technology, operating tactics and countermeasures, Russia has caught up and is quite possibly ahead.—
Andrew Carey,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
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To get there, though, many steps have to be taken, from the big ones, like making sure the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion crew capsule integrate perfectly, to the small ones, like ensuring each astronaut's suit fits comfortably.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Present on each album since 2005’s Feels, he has often been credited with samplers and electronics and has always avoided the spotlight; his habit of wearing a headlamp during concerts perfectly epitomizes his studious, workmanlike role in the band.—
Zach Schonfeld,
Pitchfork,
30 Jan. 2026
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The island of Bequia (pronounced Bek-way) – the largest of the Grenadines, but only seven square miles – feels wholly Caribbean.—
Rebekah Evans,
TheWeek,
5 Feb. 2026
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The clerk’s office, long buried in paper, historically relied on a wholly manual process where officers that wrote drivers up on patrol would take a batch of handwritten tickets back to the station and mail it to the clerk’s office.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Totally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/totally. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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