as in totally
in a complete or unlimited way
She's absolutely certain she remembered to lock the door before leaving.
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Recent Examples of absolutely
Others pointed out that there was absolutely no need for Musk to pretend to be a skilled gamer—the man has accomplished more in the real world than the digital realm.
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Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
This particular combination of the cutesy and the absolutely disgusting would become a Lynch signature.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
Carolyn did not want to off her fellow Survivor player, and the fact that none of the other Traitors are listening to her or valuing her opinion is absolutely going to come into play later this season.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 16 Jan. 2025
Hanks is absolutely serious about durability: Hanks belts come with a 100-year warranty.
—Darryn King, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
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Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
This particular combination of the cutesy and the absolutely disgusting would become a Lynch signature.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
Carolyn did not want to off her fellow Survivor player, and the fact that none of the other Traitors are listening to her or valuing her opinion is absolutely going to come into play later this season.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 16 Jan. 2025
Hanks is absolutely serious about durability: Hanks belts come with a 100-year warranty.
—Darryn King, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for absolutely
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This couldn’t have been a film if it was totally controlled by a brand.Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2025
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And then the European games were a totally different experience again.Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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His stake in the property would shrink over the years, and eventually he was squeezed out entirely, but made a deal to keep his name on most of the buildings.S.E. Cupp, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
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But that spark was short-lived, though entirely riveting.Marcus Thompson II, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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With a gimlet eye and a surprisingly girlish laugh, Vera is cantankerous, impatient, intensely private, unapologetically disheveled and utterly glorious.Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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To the utterly vanquished and frequently mocked 3-14 Cleveland Browns goes the second pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.Jim Ingraham, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Often lauded as one of the finest filmmakers of his generation, Lynch coined a distinctive and wholly unique style of storytelling, which often involved all-American normality jarring with warped scenes of unexpected violence.Charlotte Owen, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2025
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Not the best time for a movie on a wholly different scourge.Jocelyn Noveck, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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Because of this, the Supreme Court prefers to not make decisions about anything until the lower courts and, more importantly, the circuit courts have fully fleshed out the issues and rationales to be examined.Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Since electrical transmission lines have been the cause of many of our recent fires, why doesn’t the state of California provide the funds to put the transmission lines underground and then charge the electrical utility companies 10% of their profits until the cost is fully repaid?U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
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Kulak has gone from someone who wasn’t comfortable enough playing the right side during the playoffs to managing there quite well.Scott Powers, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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My films are typically quite quick to make though, once they get financed.Jamie Lang, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
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Drain the noodles thoroughly and stir into the sauce.CAROLE KOTKIN, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2025
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Water thoroughly if the soil feels somewhat dry to the touch at that depth.Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2025
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The value of the new pact is almost certainly more than $500 million.Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 17 Jan. 2025
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The infusion of the Sinhala element along with Buddhism could certainly be things of a later period.Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Absolutely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absolutely. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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