as in absolutely
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for categorically
Adverb
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Please be real: Feeding children and coddling emotional disorders is absolutely within the purview of the parents, not our tax dollars.—
Martin Potters,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2025 -
Don’t sleep on those jelly sandals below, which are almost exact dupes of those exorbitantly expensive The Row flats that were absolutely everywhere (and somehow still impossible to find) last year.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
30 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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In places like Miami Shores or Pittsburgh, annual tax hikes of 50% or more are squeezing even financially secure households.—
Ilona Limonta-Volkova,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Trump tacked on even higher tariffs than initially announced after Beijing didn’t back off its promise to impose 34% retaliatory tariffs Tuesday.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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So Poehler, who also produced the show, was not entirely surprised by how much the ask stung her friend.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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The Canadian powerhouse was diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder that affects her entire body, essentially keeping her from singing, and since that revelation, she’s almost entirely stepped away from both performing live and recording new music.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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This was the president of the United States’s defense of his national security adviser who’s embroiled in a humiliating, alarming, and downright unfathomable breach of security — and confidence.—
S.E. Cupp,
New York Daily News,
27 Mar. 2025
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Eddie Murphy made his mark on Hollywood by being not just funny but by being downright hilarious — as one of the first Black regular performers on Saturday Night Live and in '80s box-office hits like 48 Hours, Trading Places and Beverly Hills Cop.—
Jeremy Helligar,
People.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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The doughnut shop's yearly chocolate celebration saw the return of Hershey's Classic Chocolate Doughnut — and three totally new special doughnuts.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Adult Tai was such a fascinating character in Season 1, and she’s been totally ruined in the following seasons.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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One of the things Hardy does best — one of the things that made his performance in the Venom films so much better than the Venom films themselves — is play a man who isn’t wholly comfortable in his own skin and always seems on the verge of ripping off his own flesh to reveal what’s underneath.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Mar. 2025
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Some are as reliable as Old Faithful; others pose challenges for owners not wholly committed to their care and feeding.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Categorically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/categorically. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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