Examples of hotly in a Sentence
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The issue of shuttered school canteens has been hotly debated over the years and was recently revived in parliament by Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek.
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Heather Chen, CNN, 8 Apr. 2024
Whether the increase in the number of kids using nicotine is worth the decrease in the number of adults using cigarettes is hotly debated.
—Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 29 Mar. 2024
Where data science fits in and what advanced math courses need to include to meet admission requirements is hotly contested.
—Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
Particularly in Milwaukee, and especially in high-turnout elections, the counting of those ballots has stretched late into the night or early morning and led sometimes to a late change in who prevailed in a hotly contested statewide race.
—Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2024
The recent ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court that frozen embryos can be considered children, halting IVF treatments in the state, is a clear example of why races for state supreme courts will be among the most expensive and hotly contested this year.
—Christine Fernando, The Denver Post, 1 Mar. 2024
Its first images were so hotly anticipated that the White House scooped NASA’s announcement, releasing a dazzling view of thousands of galaxies the day before the space agency shared the first batch of pictures.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
That figure comes hotly on the heels of similar sky-high losses from companies like Rivian and Lucid.
—Owen Bellwood / Jalopnik, Quartz, 24 Mar. 2024
Yet among researchers, the actual origins of the holiday – and of Esther herself – are still hotly contested.
—Esther Brownsmith, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2024
Heather Chen, CNN, 8 Apr. 2024
Whether the increase in the number of kids using nicotine is worth the decrease in the number of adults using cigarettes is hotly debated.
—Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 29 Mar. 2024
Where data science fits in and what advanced math courses need to include to meet admission requirements is hotly contested.
—Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
Particularly in Milwaukee, and especially in high-turnout elections, the counting of those ballots has stretched late into the night or early morning and led sometimes to a late change in who prevailed in a hotly contested statewide race.
—Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2024
The recent ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court that frozen embryos can be considered children, halting IVF treatments in the state, is a clear example of why races for state supreme courts will be among the most expensive and hotly contested this year.
—Christine Fernando, The Denver Post, 1 Mar. 2024
Its first images were so hotly anticipated that the White House scooped NASA’s announcement, releasing a dazzling view of thousands of galaxies the day before the space agency shared the first batch of pictures.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
That figure comes hotly on the heels of similar sky-high losses from companies like Rivian and Lucid.
—Owen Bellwood / Jalopnik, Quartz, 24 Mar. 2024
Yet among researchers, the actual origins of the holiday – and of Esther herself – are still hotly contested.
—Esther Brownsmith, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2024
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First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of hotly was
before the 12th century
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“Hotly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hotly. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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