as in forcibly
in a vigorous and forceful manner
shut the door a little too forcefully and broke the glass
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Recent Examples of forcefully
Numerous Republicans, including Latino Republicans, came out forcefully to condemn Hinchcliffe’s remarks.
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Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024
Late Monday, Puerto Rico's archbishop, Roberto O. Gonzalez Nieves, called on Trump to more forcefully reject the rhetoric at the rally.
—Erin Doherty, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
Agents would go house to house and raid workplaces in an offensive that would sweep up many people who are not criminals, disrupt businesses and schools, and forcefully separate families.
—Julia Preston, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2024
To prevent this, thoroughly clean and dry your cast-iron pans before use.
Cracking: Dropping or placing a heavy cast-iron pan down too forcefully on your surface can crack the glass.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2024
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Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024
Late Monday, Puerto Rico's archbishop, Roberto O. Gonzalez Nieves, called on Trump to more forcefully reject the rhetoric at the rally.
—Erin Doherty, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
Agents would go house to house and raid workplaces in an offensive that would sweep up many people who are not criminals, disrupt businesses and schools, and forcefully separate families.
—Julia Preston, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2024
To prevent this, thoroughly clean and dry your cast-iron pans before use.
Cracking: Dropping or placing a heavy cast-iron pan down too forcefully on your surface can crack the glass.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forcefully
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Senate Public Safety Committee Chairman Sen. John Albers issued a statement on the 25-year-old's death, strongly linking it to insufficient border security and calling for immediate federal action.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Susan told Dateline the family also strongly believes there was foul play in Kevin’s disappearance.Nicolás Viñuela, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Beijing has vigorously denied those claims, which came to light with the 2015 publication by German magazine Der Spiegel of documents purportedly from US National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.Simone McCarthy, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Shake vigorously about 25 times, then strain into a chilled martini glass.Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The facts beat so powerfully upon the memory that the images come back in rather the same way as a film in slow motion.Paul Theroux, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2024
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Wiley’s intervention powerfully imagines an insurrection that might give more power to young Black men, but his equestrian statue does little to reimagine what power means or looks like.Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2024
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While full repeal of the act may be unlikely, an administration hostile to clean energy could divert its unspent funds to other purposes, slow the pace of grants or loans by slow-walking project approvals, or find other ways to make the tax incentives harder to get.James Morton Turner, Discover Magazine, 9 Nov. 2024
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For another, the sheer number of disparate state and local jurisdictions that would need to be manipulated makes any attempt to steal an election much harder.Jenna Bednar, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
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Fortunately for Toranaga, he’s got Toda Mariko (Anna Sawai), a talented translator and fiercely loyal samurai, by his side.Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
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After Trump won, partially thanks to that hard-line border security message, Democrats fiercely opposed his promise to build a border wall and his even more controversial — and loathed by voters — policy separating families at the border.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Forcefully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forcefully. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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