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Recent Examples of vaguely
What was once considered an illicit, communal, and vaguely transgressive symbol is now sold as a mainstream product through sleek dispensaries that, at least in California, seem to crop up around every corner.
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Apr. 2026
On stage, Josh and Melissa, our wanderers from the land of reality, are subsumed into an actual musical rather than a vaguely Truman Show-style refraction.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 20 Apr. 2026
Reasonableness, like tolerance, is best seen as a convention of restraint, sustained because everyone remembers, however vaguely, what happens when the treaty collapses.
—Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
To give them a vaguely moral drive feels strangely at odds with the general philosophy of the show.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Apr. 2026
On stage, Josh and Melissa, our wanderers from the land of reality, are subsumed into an actual musical rather than a vaguely Truman Show-style refraction.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 20 Apr. 2026
Reasonableness, like tolerance, is best seen as a convention of restraint, sustained because everyone remembers, however vaguely, what happens when the treaty collapses.
—Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
To give them a vaguely moral drive feels strangely at odds with the general philosophy of the show.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaguely
Adverb
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Winds on Sunday will be slightly stronger, as well.—
Rachael Jay,
CBS News,
2 May 2026
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Each bag is slightly different, all of them built to last, and the result is a bag equally at home on a boat, a beach, or a farmers’ market.—
Amanda Eyre Ward,
Travel + Leisure,
2 May 2026
Adverb
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This cost is nominally shared between employers and employees, but workers bear the real burden through both paycheck deductions and forgone wages.—
Jordan Bruneau,
Boston Herald,
25 Apr. 2026
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The planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom is mentioned frequently by the president in speeches and comments to the press nominally focused on other matters.—
Joseph Konig,
PEOPLE,
20 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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But the next day, the whale was discovered to be stuck again, in water near Wismar that was little more than six feet deep.—
Jessica Camille Aguirre,
New Yorker,
2 May 2026
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Derek Muller, an election law expert, suggests that scenario is little more than a fever dream of doomsday devotees and overly nervous Nellies.—
Mark Barabak,
Mercury News,
1 May 2026
Adverb
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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
Adverb
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Finishes tolerably folded, right-side out.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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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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Randall was a decently productive depth receiver for three years at Clemson, moved to running back for his senior season, and promptly ran for 814 yards and 10 touchdowns to lead the Tigers’ backfield.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
10 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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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 5 May. 2026.
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