as in completely
to a full extent or degree
are you entirely aware of what you're doing with that thing?
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Recent Examples of entirely
Granted, its fact-checking experiment hasn’t been entirely successful, but one reason for the failure was Meta’s inability to commit to it fully, in part, because of right-wing criticism.
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Steven Levy, WIRED, 8 Jan. 2025
The Barron Park Donkey Project, which is supported almost entirely by donations and volunteers, raised money on Perry’s 30th birthday to help cover medical costs of the park’s three donkeys.
—Sara Ruberg, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
In this vein, Annie has made deeply hurtful and entirely untrue claims about our family, and especially Sam.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
The album is entirely cohesive yet musically ambitious in its foundation of live instrumentation, blending tradition and modernity with genres like salsa, reggaeton, dembow and plena, creating a patchwork of the island’s richest musical resources.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
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Steven Levy, WIRED, 8 Jan. 2025
The Barron Park Donkey Project, which is supported almost entirely by donations and volunteers, raised money on Perry’s 30th birthday to help cover medical costs of the park’s three donkeys.
—Sara Ruberg, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
In this vein, Annie has made deeply hurtful and entirely untrue claims about our family, and especially Sam.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
The album is entirely cohesive yet musically ambitious in its foundation of live instrumentation, blending tradition and modernity with genres like salsa, reggaeton, dembow and plena, creating a patchwork of the island’s richest musical resources.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entirely
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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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Meaning, no water source, no matter how remote, can be guaranteed to be pristine or totally uncontaminated.Erica Sloan, SELF, 10 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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These Thunder, with Gilgeous-Alexander fully on board and getting better all the time, are in prime position to make some serious noise in the next few years.Sam Amick, The Athletic, 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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Spain’s Canary Islands doubles for Nice quite well, and the cinematography from Terry Stacey fills the bill.Pete Hammond, Deadline, 10 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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This wine—the crisp Pinot Bianco, the textured Chardonnay, the exotic Gewürztraminer, the elegant Pinot Noir, or the robust Lagrein—perfectly exemplify this region's quality and diversity.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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The video — posted by TikTok user Belle Hesse on Jan. 7 — shows hands placing a perfectly cut, phone-sized piece of sturdy cardboard inside a black phone case with an opaque screen protector.Toria Sheffield, People.com, 18 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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He’s worked in newsrooms all across the country, including overseeing the USA TODAY sports department.David Ammenheuser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Jan. 2025
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In another cruel twist, the 33 hostages (who are a mix of living and dead captives) will not be released all at once, but only gradually over the course of the 42-day initial phase.The Editors, National Review, 17 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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“Entirely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entirely. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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