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as in emphatic
marked by or uttered with forcefulness
vehement complaints about the restaurant's poor service
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2
as in intense
extreme in degree, power, or effect
despite the vehement opposition of the club's treasurer, the motion was passed
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as in passionate
having or expressing great depth of feeling
a vehement defender of the rights of minorities
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Recent Examples of vehement
The House vote in part was the GOP laying down a marker underlining their vehement opposition to the homeschooling bill.
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Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
26 Mar. 2026
The vehement desire for vengeance grows within the population as well, and hopes of a just future for Iran dwindle.
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Jason Rezaian,
New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2026
Inches from Okananwa’s face, Frese delivered a vehement oratory to the junior.
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Devon Henderson,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2026
But that distinction would have made little sense to seventeenth-century women, whose religious radicalism led them to make vehement political critiques of their own society.
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Chandler Fritz,
The New York Review of Books,
21 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for vehement
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
26 Mar. 2026
The vehement desire for vengeance grows within the population as well, and hopes of a just future for Iran dwindle.
—
Jason Rezaian,
New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2026
Inches from Okananwa’s face, Frese delivered a vehement oratory to the junior.
—
Devon Henderson,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2026
But that distinction would have made little sense to seventeenth-century women, whose religious radicalism led them to make vehement political critiques of their own society.
—
Chandler Fritz,
The New York Review of Books,
21 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for vehement
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vehement
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Netherlands is coming off an emphatic 5-1 victory over Sweden and shares the Group F lead with Japan.
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By every instinct, this feels like an obvious and emphatic YES!
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Katherine Guaramaco described the experience as one of the most intense of her life.
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The president highlighted the military operation in Iran that has proven deeply unpopular, and an immigration agenda that has provoked intense backlash.
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It was captured as monarch and his eldest son visited the Natural History Museum in London to kick off the countdown to COP30, the annual United Nations climate change summit to be held the following month in Brazil, as both are passionate advocates for the environment.
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Alejandra Gomez, the executive director of the non-profit LUCHA, says that the moratorium emerged from the passionate advocacy of many Arizonans—and in the face of fierce counter-lobbying from the data center industry led by former Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema.
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Levine Cava gave the golden-colored dog a vigorous pat on the head.
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Leave as many green fronds on your palms as possible to keep them vigorous and healthy.
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Housed in remote data centers whose energy-intensive maintenance perpetuates the changing environmental conditions that threaten Tuvalu’s existence, the attempt to redeposit territory digitally drives home the paradoxes, and costs, of storage.
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Qatari mediators returned to the Iranian capital for 17 hours of what the diplomat described as intensive negotiations.
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Goldberg, a fervent fan of the Boys in Blue, is the founder of the Echo Park Spiritual Outreach community, Nefesh.
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Rivaling artificial intelligence super PACs are seeking to affect the candidacy of Alex Bores, a New York state Assemblyman, who has been a fervent supporter of AI regulations.
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Grey-zone tactics refer to a range of aggressive tactics that vary from navy ship patrols to drone flights, but fall short of direct combat.
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That will be decided in the coming hours, as the Heat remains in aggressive pursuit of a trade for Antetokounmpo.
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Despite a few glimmers of good feeling, today's fierce political divisions have redefined a milestone that has often been marked by unity and optimism, at least for a moment.
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An uncontained blaze in Utah’s Juab County has scorched 34 square miles, forcing the evacuation of Eureka and nearby ranches as firefighters race to shield homes amid fierce winds.
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“Vehement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vehement. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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