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Everyone here has an important last name or an important relative (Naomi Watts’s brother, for instance) or a vaguely important job.
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Brock Colyar, Curbed, 24 June 2025
During a survey in 2019, the team caught just over a dozen cave fish that looked vaguely familiar, the study said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 23 June 2025
The letter goes on to vaguely mention changes to Connecticut Children’s gender care program.
—Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2025
For decades, the Academy seemed to keep Cruise at a vaguely disdainful distance, dismissing him as more of an action figure than a serious ack-TOOR.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
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Brock Colyar, Curbed, 24 June 2025
During a survey in 2019, the team caught just over a dozen cave fish that looked vaguely familiar, the study said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 23 June 2025
The letter goes on to vaguely mention changes to Connecticut Children’s gender care program.
—Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2025
For decades, the Academy seemed to keep Cruise at a vaguely disdainful distance, dismissing him as more of an action figure than a serious ack-TOOR.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaguely
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Oil — Oil stocks were little changed after Trump announced a ceasefire in effect between Israel and Iran.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
24 June 2025
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Since Macron called the election, yields on French 30-year bonds have surged by nearly half a percentage point while the equivalent rate on German bunds is little changed.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
18 June 2025
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“Vaguely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaguely. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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