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Recent Examples of word for word
Tom Petty sang this one, word for word, while Jim shook a tam- bourine.
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
The fictional married couple indeed got the crowd laughing as Ferrell performed Lamar’s famous rap nearly word for word while Gasteyer sang its repeating four-note string hook opera-style.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 18 Feb. 2025
Indeed, for large swaths of the show, The Agency is even a beat-for-beat remake; an early sequence in which Martian runs a new employee through a quick trial at a café re-creates the same scene in the French series almost word for word.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
Co-writer John Lutz also shared that Sawyer dictated all the Japanese dialogue to the cast members, who then repeated it back word for word.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
The fictional married couple indeed got the crowd laughing as Ferrell performed Lamar’s famous rap nearly word for word while Gasteyer sang its repeating four-note string hook opera-style.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 18 Feb. 2025
Indeed, for large swaths of the show, The Agency is even a beat-for-beat remake; an early sequence in which Martian runs a new employee through a quick trial at a café re-creates the same scene in the French series almost word for word.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
Co-writer John Lutz also shared that Sawyer dictated all the Japanese dialogue to the cast members, who then repeated it back word for word.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
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Adverb
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Once again, the comedian has mastered the beauty of standing directly in his truth.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
23 May 2025
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Customers can collaborate directly with the milliners to design a personalized accessory.—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
23 May 2025
Adverb
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Or, more accurately, a wrong day for any member of the Dallas Wings frontcourt.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
31 May 2025
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Apple Maps and Waze accurately charted traffic patterns, and only Google Maps appeared to be affected.—
Ashley Belanger – May 30,
ArsTechnica,
30 May 2025
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