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Adverb
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Pinckney’s path to business began modestly.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025 -
In recent months, tariffs modestly contributed to the uptick in overall inflation, analysts previously told ABC News, but overall price increases owed largely to a rise in housing and food products with little connection to Trump’s levies.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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The interplay between raw audio and physical reconstructions is deftly and unobtrusively handled.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
3 Sep. 2025
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An Oscar, a Grammy, and an MTV Video Music Award are positioned unobtrusively among kitschy treasures like an ancient can of macadamia nuts with Spam and a cassette of a speech by Bob Dole.—
Simon Vozick-Levinson,
Rolling Stone,
13 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, Al Horford and the rest of the veterans in Golden State's waiting room are quietly pleading for clarity.—
Bobby Krivitsky,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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To address that and open up the experience to more of the workforce at Kennedy, the agency has quietly begun work to establish a new facility.—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
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They were carried out over two months, by crews working inconspicuously at night, and the parties then quietly resolved compensation and insurance claims.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Demurely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demurely. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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