as in clearly
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for definitively
Adverb
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Keeping Baalke in place clearly has provided pause, at the very least, for candidates.—
Rob Maaddi,
Orlando Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2025 -
With $1,000 clearly in sight, Netflix could be headed for its first stock split in a decade.—
Tony Maglio,
IndieWire,
22 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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And while that was certainly true this year, the real winners in a lot of ways were the new additions to the guitar amplifier world.—
Josh Chesler,
SPIN,
29 Jan. 2025
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But his educational background in politics and Hellenic studies is certainly out of the ordinary.—
Michael S. Lubell,
Scientific American,
29 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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Your mother was definitely one in her earlier years.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2025
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Your officiant should definitely know, and the chance of someone hearing about it through the grapevine is fairly high.—
Erin Clack,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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In a rare diplomatic triumph for the administration, those efforts helped Lebanon usher in a new president and prime minister, both of whom Hezbollah would surely have blocked were that group still powerful enough to do so.—
Andrew Exum,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2025
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That puts the focus on smaller local and regional homebuilders and contractors to compete during what will surely be a years-long rebuilding effort.—
Bob Woods,
CNBC,
26 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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Prince will guide a receiver group that almost assuredly will include Jaylen Waddle and Malik Washington.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
25 Jan. 2025
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What Mayor Muriel Bowser, most assuredly, wants to do is build a new Commanders stadium 28 years after the team left RFK for what is now Northwest Stadium in Landover, Md.—
David Aldridge,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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The notice did not say how many people or which types of individuals were potentially affected, or if the dashboard was on the department’s public-facing website.—
Lisa Schencker,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Jan. 2025
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According to Andy Martino of SNY, the Mets could potentially pivot back to negotiating with Alonso's camp after a hangup in talks between Alonso and the Toronto Blue Jays.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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