as in brute
having or showing the nature and appetites of a lower animal
left to shift for himself on an isolated farm, he gradually sank into a beastly, purposeless existence
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to a great degree
it's beastly hot today
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Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 26 Jan. 2024
MacKinnon is leading a team of scientists who’ll spend the holiday riding out a beastly storm that’s forecast to produce 70 mph winds and 20-foot waves.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2023
Daniel Kohn, Spin, 6 Sep. 2023
We were also impressed by how beastly these are at absorbing shock while remaining lightweight and flexible for walking, thanks to the brand's special outsole technology.
—Maverick Li, Men's Health, 2 Aug. 2023
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In it, a bloodthirsty, bubonic plague-spreading vampire (Bill Skarsgard) develops a beastly obsession with a young woman (Lily-Rose Depp), causing a series of horrific events.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 26 Jan. 2024
MacKinnon is leading a team of scientists who’ll spend the holiday riding out a beastly storm that’s forecast to produce 70 mph winds and 20-foot waves.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2023
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The player to watch this year is our beastly wide receiver, Davante Adams.
—Daniel Kohn, Spin, 6 Sep. 2023
We were also impressed by how beastly these are at absorbing shock while remaining lightweight and flexible for walking, thanks to the brand's special outsole technology.
—Maverick Li, Men's Health, 2 Aug. 2023
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As Apple’s paper and others suggest, the current approach to LLMs has significant limitations that cannot be overcome by brute force.Vivek Wadhwa, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024
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What’s needed to achieve this in the US is brute lobbying power.Jan Dutkiewicz, Vox, 8 Aug. 2024
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Partly as a result of this, and partly because of its emotionally potent subject matter, the field is extremely susceptible to unwarranted anthropomorphic interpretations.Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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There are less than 200 bottles available of this extremely old and rare expression, and the palate is remarkable for its elevated age, with notes of tobacco, leather, tropical fruit, and a whiff of smoke picked up from nearly three-quarters of a century inside a sherry cask.Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024
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Wealth and income gaps have grown dramatically and housing costs are brutal.Gary Langer, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Meanwhile, Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly) uncovered Jamie's scheme and began plotting her own brutal counterstrike.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Material: Nubuck, cork, EVA We were shocked by how comfortable these sandals were from the very first wear.Cai Cramer, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
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Disney's superhero franchise typically stays very chaste, but witches live to break the rules.Christian Holub, EW.com, 28 Oct. 2024
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Unlike dozens of feral cats found dead on farms with outbreaks, these domestic cats didn’t roam around herds, lapping up milk that teemed with virus.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
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With the parents gone, the boys are practically feral.Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 3 Sep. 2024
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The trailer below shows Daryl and Carol back on the trail in new locations, meeting new groups including people dancing around some burning effigy not looking terribly sane.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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From a chemical perspective, the extraction, synthesis, or compounding of those medications is not terribly technically difficult.Jorge Just, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
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This is likely to be an incredibly close election, no matter – no matter who wins.ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2024
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However, if they are forecast come to your region, Cheung’s feed — which is aimed mostly at those in the U.K. — has some incredibly accurate predictions.Jamie Carter, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Still, Moore is pretty damned great — this could almost be her Fly.Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2024
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Calla is trying her damned best not to sound angry.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2024
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“Beastly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beastly. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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