as in earnestly
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But instead of laughing in Gladden’s face, Barinholtz praised him for earnestly committing to the responsibility of leading deliberations and being kind to the weirdos with whom he was sequestered.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
22 Jan. 2025 -
Once in curatorial hands, the painstaking work to reclaim science from collector fragments earnestly began.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
19 Jan. 2025
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Members of the female observer team had warned repeatedly that Hamas fighters appeared to be engaging in maneuvers suggesting that an attempt to infiltrate into Israel was imminent, but the warnings were not taken seriously by male commanders.—
Willem Marx,
NPR,
25 Jan. 2025
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Thomas is the classic late bloomer who did not really take the sport seriously until the start of his freshman year.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Jan. 2025
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Before the Lunar New Year In preparation for the Lunar New Year, houses are thoroughly cleaned to drive away any bad luck from the previous year.—
Jennifer Borresen,
USA TODAY,
27 Jan. 2025
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Her book will thoroughly inform those affected by the disease, touching on all that happens before a child is born with sickle cell and extending all the way to finding — or conceiving — a bone marrow donor.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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The researchers think the site was continuously occupied from the early Roman period (around the first century C.E.) until the end of the Byzantine period (in the late sixth century C.E.).—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
16 Jan. 2025
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Living standards fall continuously, millennials are screwed (never mind the following generations).—
Marlene Engelhorn,
TIME,
16 Jan. 2025
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None have defended those programs quite as vigorously as Costco.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA TODAY,
24 Jan. 2025
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All threats, anywhere, or at any time throughout this sector will be addressed vigorously.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Ardently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ardently. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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