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Recent Examples of vaguely
Without any historical detail to orient these voices, their singing possesses a kind of beauty that swells into terror, like the vaguely unsettling feeling of setting foot in a cathedral.
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Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 21 Dec. 2025
Police vaguely described the suspect as an African American man with a slender build, who was last seen wearing a black winter hat and a tan or brown jacket.
—Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
The extent of the refurbishment became clear only in my room, which just vaguely resembled the idiosyncratic abodes of the past.
—Chris Schalkx, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 2025
Even the concept of red and yellow ‘cards’ was vaguely controversial at one point — some magazines insisted on referring to them as ‘discs’.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2025
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Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 21 Dec. 2025
Police vaguely described the suspect as an African American man with a slender build, who was last seen wearing a black winter hat and a tan or brown jacket.
—Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
The extent of the refurbishment became clear only in my room, which just vaguely resembled the idiosyncratic abodes of the past.
—Chris Schalkx, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 2025
Even the concept of red and yellow ‘cards’ was vaguely controversial at one point — some magazines insisted on referring to them as ‘discs’.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaguely
Adverb
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One slightly wrong rate in a budget, procurement forecast, or loan estimate easily moves millions of dollars in the wrong direction.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026
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Pale pink flower clusters that appear on the light green foliage in summer, slightly earlier than other sedum varieties.—
Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Jan. 2026
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Though there is nominally an estate tax today, Congress has not enacted a single provision to close loopholes in 35 years.—
Ray Madoff,
The Conversation,
17 Dec. 2025
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Under this system, the brokerages nominally own the stock, but all the rights that attach to it—dividends, voting privileges, and so on—remain with the customers.—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
24 Nov. 2025
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Indeed, oil futures were little changed Sunday night after trading began following the US intervention in Venezuela.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
5 Jan. 2026
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At the time Kubrick started making Full Metal Jacket, a brutal war drama based on Gustav Hasford’s excellent but relatively little-known 1979 novel, The Short Timers, many felt that American cinema hadn’t yet fully reckoned with the Vietnam War.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
31 Dec. 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
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Payamps only made two appearances in Atlanta this season after being claimed off waivers and performed decently, allowing one run in 2 2/3 innings pitched.—
Shaun McAvoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Nov. 2025
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Long has another double-digit tackling game and the Rams defense plays decently in the first half, but the ineptitude of the CSU offense remains an Achilles’ heel.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
7 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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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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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 Jan. 2026.
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