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Recent Examples of vaguely
Goaltender Spencer Knight was one player who vaguely echoed his coach’s and GM’s view.
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Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
The woman showed me something vaguely resembling a driver’s license.
—Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
Rampell, who could only vaguely recall the encounter, set the record straight on Wednesday on the Bulwark podcast.
—Ron Kampeas, Sun Sentinel, 24 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
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Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
The woman showed me something vaguely resembling a driver’s license.
—Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
Rampell, who could only vaguely recall the encounter, set the record straight on Wednesday on the Bulwark podcast.
—Ron Kampeas, Sun Sentinel, 24 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaguely
Adverb
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Many eclipse chasers ignored South America's total solar eclipse in 2019, which was short and predicted by some to be cloudy, for a slightly longer, supposedly clearer one in 2020 in almost the same place.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
10 May 2026
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Later, the Moon squares the Sun in your sign, making pacing feel slightly strained.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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Later, when the oldest hit her mid-teens and eventually went off to college, the two boys were nudged into leadership roles of their own and nominally put in charge of the youngest kid, a sister.—
Andre Mouchard,
Daily News,
9 May 2026
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The warnings came despite a ceasefire that has been nominally in place since April 17, although Israel and Hezbollah have been carrying out daily attacks since then.—
Bassem Mroue,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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Moreover, the tax court held that the premium payments were a circular transaction that did little more than funneled those payments right back to the taxpayer.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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Bassist Chris Squire and drummer Alan White, the remaining instrumentalists from Yes’ classic ’70s era, contributed little more than scaffolding beneath Horn’s whizbangs.—
Andy Cush,
Pitchfork,
9 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
Adverb
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Finishes tolerably folded, right-side out.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 Nov. 2025
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Peterson pitched decently that day (five innings, three runs with two earned) and emerged as a stabilizing force for a rotation that needed one.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
4 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 14 May. 2026.
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