as in solely
for nothing other than
his best paintings are the ones that he did exclusively for the sheer pleasure they gave him
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Recent Examples of exclusively
Its cover, which PEOPLE can exclusively reveal, prominently features that very dog.
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Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
Moments after she was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Dec. 2, the Scandal alum, 47, exclusively told PEOPLE how her milestone achievement had long been one of her father Earl Washington's dreams.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
The notion that press releases exist exclusively for garnering the media’s interest is a myth.
—Michele Schiavoni, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Made exclusively with plant oils and natural essences, the three scents, Meadow Vision, Break Water, and Cathedral Grove are totally transportive and perfectly packable.
—Annie Blackman, Allure, 2 Dec. 2024
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Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
Moments after she was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Dec. 2, the Scandal alum, 47, exclusively told PEOPLE how her milestone achievement had long been one of her father Earl Washington's dreams.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
The notion that press releases exist exclusively for garnering the media’s interest is a myth.
—Michele Schiavoni, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Made exclusively with plant oils and natural essences, the three scents, Meadow Vision, Break Water, and Cathedral Grove are totally transportive and perfectly packable.
—Annie Blackman, Allure, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exclusively
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But until last year, Globe noms were solely determined by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a group of fewer than 100 people based in and around LA.Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2024
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Censorship of books will also be barred based solely on a person's objection to the material.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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An All-Star in six seasons, Colavito provided the muscle for the Cleveland Indians and several other American League teams in the late ’50s and ’60s, an era in which only a handful of Hall of Famers outslugged him.Zack Meisel, The Athletic, 11 Dec. 2024
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Rocky Colavito, who was one of baseball’s leading sluggers in his time and a huge fan favorite playing the outfield for the Cleveland Indians, only to be traded away in the most infamous deal in the club’s history, has died.Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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Breslow did comment from a purely baseball perspective as to why Chapman intrigued the team.Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
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Mistake or divine intervention, those three seconds, before the second guitar reappears, proves that time is purely subjective.Mike Postalakis, SPIN, 9 Dec. 2024
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Founded by coffee enthusiast and marketing expert David Boucher, Escape Cafe stands out in the crowded specialty coffee niche, offering customers the highest quality beans and blends roasted just right every time.Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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Board chairman Victor Cruz says the board’s critics just don’t understand how CDDs work, and blames financial problems on previous boards.Natalia Jaramillo, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Dec. 2024
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Smaller firms simply lack the resources to compete in this space.Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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Organizations that struggle to patch promptly or are simply unable to patch due to reliance on legacy software must consider an alternate approach.Austin Gadient, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Exclusively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exclusively. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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