as in solely
for nothing other than
his best paintings are the ones that he did exclusively for the sheer pleasure they gave him
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Recent Examples of exclusively
Last September, Deadline exclusively announced that Elordi and Robbie were tapped to star in Fennell’s Wuthering Heights, from MRC and LuckyChap.
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 19 Apr. 2025
In addition to being able to survive on land, northern snakeheads can live in muddy, shallow waters that don’t have a lot of oxygen—ecosystems that are typically off-limits to other fish that exclusively absorb oxygen through their gills.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
After the upcoming season premiere, the series will shift exclusively to streaming on Peacock, leaving behind its longtime Thursday night home.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
Although the first orbiting data centers will exclusively crunch data collected in space, some technologists think that power-hungry computing infrastructure would in the future do better in space, where solar power is constant and cooling is easy.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 19 Apr. 2025
In addition to being able to survive on land, northern snakeheads can live in muddy, shallow waters that don’t have a lot of oxygen—ecosystems that are typically off-limits to other fish that exclusively absorb oxygen through their gills.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
After the upcoming season premiere, the series will shift exclusively to streaming on Peacock, leaving behind its longtime Thursday night home.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
Although the first orbiting data centers will exclusively crunch data collected in space, some technologists think that power-hungry computing infrastructure would in the future do better in space, where solar power is constant and cooling is easy.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exclusively
Adverb
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Saylor also wrote that the student's record record wouldn't be updated based solely on an unspecified finding in the National Crime Information Center that resulted in her termination.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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As for the cost of solar microgrids, the off-grid study mentioned earlier showed near parity in costs of using microgrids powered with a mix of solar and gas and solely gas-powered ones.—
Greg Robinson,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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The use of the legislative fund needs approval only from legislative leaders.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
15 Apr. 2025
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This deeper level of engagement not only informs new office designs but can increases employees’ sense of ownership of it.—
Ryan Anderson,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Initially, these investments were approached with pause, purely because the value proposition for AI use cases was still unclear.—
Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, M.D.,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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From purely a value standpoint, the Browns clubbed an Aaron Judge-sized home run in their trade with the Jaguars.—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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By episode 2, the former Fireflies make it to an area just outside Jackson and see how heavily fortified the city is.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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But the Heat then scored just 21 points while shooting 1 of 6 (16.7 percent) on threes in the fourth quarter.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2025
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In other words, if the economy is in a recession or sliding into one, the Fed presumably will lower rates but not if inflation has spiked and the economy is simply losing steam.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Whether this season was simply a speed bump on their way to getting there or a concerning indication of things to come will be revealed soon.—
Kevin Kurz,
New York Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Exclusively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exclusively. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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