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Recent Examples of vaguely
Due to his past ties with Minnesota and expiring deal, Paton was vaguely connected to the Vikings’ open general manager job since the organization fired previous GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah in late January.
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Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
Moss-Bachrach answers vaguely when asked about when Richie’s accident takes place, clearly to preserve every detail of the show’s fifth and final season.
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 8 May 2026
Today, some of the most beloved musicals of the American theater can sometimes seem outmoded and vaguely inappropriate, since society’s standards have changed radically in the last 60 years.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Daily News, 4 May 2026
Goaltender Spencer Knight was one player who vaguely echoed his coach’s and GM’s view.
—Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
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Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
Moss-Bachrach answers vaguely when asked about when Richie’s accident takes place, clearly to preserve every detail of the show’s fifth and final season.
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 8 May 2026
Today, some of the most beloved musicals of the American theater can sometimes seem outmoded and vaguely inappropriate, since society’s standards have changed radically in the last 60 years.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Daily News, 4 May 2026
Goaltender Spencer Knight was one player who vaguely echoed his coach’s and GM’s view.
—Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaguely
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Yolo County’s homeless population declined slightly over the past two years, but nearly two-thirds of the people counted in January were living outdoors as county leaders considered millions of dollars in cuts to the services many rely on.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
16 May 2026
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Now, the qualifying procedure — which was already slightly altered from previous years — is getting altered again.—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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Tissues that don’t receive enough oxygen don’t perform nominally.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
20 May 2026
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The real question is where 750,000 frontier accelerators that were nominally reserved for Chinese buyers end up in a world that has been compute-constrained for two years.—
Jon Markman,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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And without a doubt most, if not all, of what is now held up as great literature within Russia is little more than propaganda.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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The traditional start of summer vacation season — Memorial Day — is little more than a week away.—
Charles Seabrook,
AJC.com,
16 May 2026
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In an economy where wages are anchored to what compute would cost to replicate human work, human labor becomes economically marginal—not worthless, but negligibly small relative to the overall pie.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
4 Apr. 2026
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In other words, the chin contributes negligibly to resisting chewing forces.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Finishes tolerably folded, right-side out.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 Nov. 2025
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Now, Okorie wasn’t the best finisher at the rim — in large part because defenses could gear up to specifically slow him down — and only shot the ball decently from deep, but his wiggle and creativity with the ball in his hands stands out even in a deep class of lead guards.—
Brendan Marks,
New York Times,
9 May 2026
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Part of his early issues were a result of playing alongside three rookies — Kenneth Grant, Jordan Phillips and Zeek Biggers — who all struggled early, but played decently late.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
23 Apr. 2026
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Somehow, the shameless concept of tanking has become an acceptably mainstream idea like destination weddings and the Paleo diet.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Feb. 2026
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One-on-one gatherings are my preference, but no more than a group of maybe four people at a time would be acceptably comfortable for me.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
28 Nov. 2025
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“Vaguely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaguely. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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