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Recent Examples of vaguely
But during the pandemic, her vaguely liberal world view began to shift.
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Clare Malone, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Those not chronically online might instinctively recoil at the term brain rot, with its vaguely gory connotations, especially as concern about the potential harms of social media for adolescents mounts.
—Safiyah Riddle, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Häagen-Dazs makes the ice cream sound vaguely European, but the truth is the name doesn’t mean anything in any language.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
The boom has long passed and the route is now plied by the Ferrobús, which vaguely resembles a coach on rails and follows a truncated route between Oruro and the town of Villazón on the Argentine border.
—The Editors, Outside, 31 Aug. 2025
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Clare Malone, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Those not chronically online might instinctively recoil at the term brain rot, with its vaguely gory connotations, especially as concern about the potential harms of social media for adolescents mounts.
—Safiyah Riddle, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Häagen-Dazs makes the ice cream sound vaguely European, but the truth is the name doesn’t mean anything in any language.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
The boom has long passed and the route is now plied by the Ferrobús, which vaguely resembles a coach on rails and follows a truncated route between Oruro and the town of Villazón on the Argentine border.
—The Editors, Outside, 31 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaguely
Adverb
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However, this list is slightly different.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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While each stage of the perimenopausal, menopausal and postmenopausal journey has certain hallmarks, each woman will experience each slightly differently.—
Katherine Speller,
Flow Space,
7 Oct. 2025
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Indeed, while other nominally communist countries, such as Vietnam and China, have facilitated the development of a private sphere in their economies in the past several decades, officials in Havana have in practice restricted such growth so as not to threaten state enterprises.—
Joseph J. Gonzalez,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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The campaign also seeks to sow confusion among voters who lean towards PAS, by promoting nominally pro-EU candidates and parties who many suspect of harboring ties to Russia.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Everton appear locked in a cycle where their starting No 9 flatters to deceive, is left out for the next game, but then the replacement fares little better.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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And perhaps carving some lanes for a group of running backs who have done very little so far.—
Scott Chasen,
Kansas City Star,
6 Oct. 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
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And Reid was a five-star recruit who performed decently as a freshman on one of the deepest rosters in college hoops.—
CJ Moore,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Williams played decently well, but there are plenty of areas that need to improve for the Bears next week.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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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 9 Oct. 2025.
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