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Recent Examples of vaguely
Black satin, with a vaguely art deco pattern shot through it, a grid of circles and squares.
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David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Although, given the BPU is owned by the Unified Government, state statute vaguely implies that may not be allowed to happen.
—Sofi Zeman
october 23, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
Sure enough, researchers found six vaguely familiar-looking frogs during their searches, the study said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Take the shirt salesman, whose deliberate enunciations sound vaguely alien, almost Lanthimos-esque.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
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David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Although, given the BPU is owned by the Unified Government, state statute vaguely implies that may not be allowed to happen.
—Sofi Zeman
october 23, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
Sure enough, researchers found six vaguely familiar-looking frogs during their searches, the study said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Take the shirt salesman, whose deliberate enunciations sound vaguely alien, almost Lanthimos-esque.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for vaguely
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaguely
Adverb
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The lighthearted, yet slightly awkward moment stood out as a rarity among a season of tense uncertainty for McDaniel and the Dolphins, who sit at 3-7 on the year with increasingly long odds to make the playoffs.—
Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
11 Nov. 2025
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They’re considered a nut but are actually fruits, and technically behave more like tubers, offering the starchy, meaty, slightly sweet flesh almost between a sweet potato and chickpea.—
Todd Plummer,
Vogue,
11 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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His most famous novel, Ninety-Two in the Shade (a 1974 National Book Award finalist), is nominally about a Key West burnout whose determination to become a local fishing guide leads him to ruin.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
30 Oct. 2025
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And after Musk left DOGE, initially nominally headed by former healthcare executive Amy Gleason, operates primarily through staffers in cost-cutting positions spread across government departments and agencies.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Pregnant women are traditionally excluded from drug trials, so there is little known about the effects of many common medications on pregnancies.—
Veronique Greenwood,
Time,
10 Nov. 2025
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Despite her attempts to talk to him, little changed.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
10 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Chicken farming contributes non-negligibly to Earth’s greenhouse gas emissions, albeit less so than the beef and lamb industries.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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The Moon, whose magnetic field is negligibly small, does not regulate itself in this fashion at all.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
4 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Finishes tolerably folded, right-side out.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Each of the three flavors (chocolate, coffee, and vanilla) fared decently in our taste test, eliciting no overtly negative feedback.—
Alaina Chou,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
30 Oct. 2025
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Heating up to 200 square feet, this space heater works to warm a home office as well as decently sized living room.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
27 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Others had difficulties getting the seat and water to remain at acceptably warm temperatures.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Vaguely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaguely. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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