1
as in hard
with great effort or determination
struggled intensely to master the language of her adopted country
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2
as in extremely
to a great degree
the senate race was intensely close
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Adverb
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There may be a prevailing narrative that every team plays the same style, and as a whole, the league is playing faster, shooting more 3s and crashing the offensive glass harder.—
Law Murray,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025 -
In a recent interview, Bannon, a former advisor to President Trump and current uber-right podcaster, came out hard against Elon Musk.—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Amazon Prime Video has become extremely aggressive in its bid to vacuum up TV ad dollars, and has done the same.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
19 Feb. 2025
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The implications of the order are extremely promising but also create some new vulnerabilities.—
James Broughel,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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Shout out once again to Indianapolis’ incredibly walkable downtown.—
Jason Kirk,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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The actress worked with celebrity stylist Molly Dickson, who, much like Sydney Sweeney herself, is incredibly hard-working and therefore, always booked.—
Aamina Inayat Khan,
StyleCaster,
25 Feb. 2025
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Historically, Chime has focused more intently on getting customers to sign up for direct deposit than Cash App.—
Jeff Kauflin,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Kim Kardashian listens intently to Bowen Yang by the bar.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2025
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Next month, the Academy will dutifully hand out Oscars to an array of very deserving, very human winners.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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Prior to the constructs of DEI, there was very little alternatives or options for women to have a fair and equal chance to succeed in the communities or in higher education in general.—
Leila Fadel,
NPR,
19 Feb. 2025
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Many of these names will not be terribly familiar to MLP fans, or even some die-hard pro pickleball fans.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Our Transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, has said that none of these jobs eliminated at FAA were terribly critical to safety.—
Victoria Chamberlin,
Vox,
27 Feb. 2025
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Measles is so highly infectious that 95% immunity is required to prevent epidemics, the WHO says.—
ASSOCIATED PRESS,
TIME,
27 Feb. 2025
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Talent retention: Business challenges will require highly qualified professionals to face a competitive and changing corporate environment.—
Susana Sierra,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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From the looks of their business book, there is still too much non-serious investing, lots of buying of any kind of any crypto and all sorts of options.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
18 Feb. 2025
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These other popular word games are quite the challenge, too.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Intensely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intensely. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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