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as in systematically
with attention to all aspects or details
they researched the issue thoroughly before deciding how to vote
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as in fully
to a full extent or degree
I am thoroughly satisfied with her explanation of the events of that evening
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Avoiding contamination with pet food: People with pets should pick up and thoroughly wash food dishes as soon as pets are done eating.
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Devonne Goode, Parents, 23 Oct. 2024
Start by thoroughly analyzing your current operational activity.
—Serenity Gibbons, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Fact: The Dodgers are a thoroughly better team than the Mets.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
These barks will need to be thoroughly labeled by age, breed, and situation—separating out a 10-year-old male labradoodle barking at a stranger from a six-week-old bichon frise puppy playing with its littermate.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024
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Devonne Goode, Parents, 23 Oct. 2024
Start by thoroughly analyzing your current operational activity.
—Serenity Gibbons, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Fact: The Dodgers are a thoroughly better team than the Mets.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
These barks will need to be thoroughly labeled by age, breed, and situation—separating out a 10-year-old male labradoodle barking at a stranger from a six-week-old bichon frise puppy playing with its littermate.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024
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Work on union projects largely halted during the dual writers’ and actors’ strikes in 2023 and production never fully rebounded after, including once IATSE negotiated a new contract with film and television employers, avoiding its own work stoppage, this year.Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Oct. 2024
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If you’re not fully committed to your own development, your team won’t be either.Carlos Hoyos, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Where to Find Support Trauma recovery can look quite different from person to person.Michelle Pugle, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
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But the social practice artist found one element of the singer-songwriter's fandom quite familiar: the sense of community.Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Oct. 2024
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Yet, at least once, maybe twice a month, they get totally wasted and the wife calls me and rambles on incoherently.Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Lucy, of course, totally ignores this advice and tries to save the first two victims of the serial killer – Brian and Val.Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 5 Nov. 2024
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This is, to put it mildly, totally and utterly absurd.Erik Kain, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Obst was widely credited with rescuing the all-female Western Bad Girls (1994) — starring Madeleine Stowe, Andie MacDowell, Mary Stuart Masterson and Drew Barrymore — from an utterly calamitous shoot.Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Oct. 2024
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This results in food that bakes evenly, rises predictably, and browns perfectly.Editors of Bon Appétit, Bon Appétit, 1 Nov. 2024
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The 36mm case features a coin edge finish along its wall, and is constructed from 18k yellow gold, perfectly complimenting the blue details found elsewhere within the dial.Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2024
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On second thought, maybe we should all just get used to the idea of watching Nantz and Romo doing their thing on Newsmax TV.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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How much influence Kennedy could have on national health policy will all depend on his role within a future Trump administration.Emily Mullin, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
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The sustainability of these agreements depends wholly on the commitment of the team: there are no byes.Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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But according to Pressly, that definition makes a dangerous assumption, namely that humans could be wholly reduced to a set of descriptions or records.John Kaag, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
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Defense attorneys also called witnesses who were near the Monon High Bridge trail when the girls went missing, as well the former Carroll County Sheriff, Tobe Leazenby.Ron Wilkins, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Nov. 2024
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This is a team built for a board refreshment: five industry executives, Continental Grain and members of Jana, who know this industry and company well.Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Thoroughly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thoroughly. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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