as in especially
that is to say
there's always one person stuck with cleaning up the mess, namely me
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But the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance has determined that the group's activities — namely, taking in money from PACs and soliciting money directly from the pro-transit website — meet the definition of a political campaign committee, also known as a referendum committee.
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Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Seibt has a history of promoting white nationalist ideology, The Guardian previously reported, and has denied the validity of scientific consensus around climate change, namely that it’s driven by fossil fuel emissions.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
The chance looks to be gone but Amad again has been able to spot something that others have not: namely Nunes, who is closing him upon him at top speed in an attempt to make up for his poor backpass.
—Carl Anka, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
Traditional Asian medicine used C. asiatica for centuries for its nutritional and therapeutic properties, namely its influence on wound healing and anti-inflammatory effects.
—Amy Brownstein, Ms, Rdn, Verywell Health, 19 Dec. 2024
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Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Seibt has a history of promoting white nationalist ideology, The Guardian previously reported, and has denied the validity of scientific consensus around climate change, namely that it’s driven by fossil fuel emissions.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
The chance looks to be gone but Amad again has been able to spot something that others have not: namely Nunes, who is closing him upon him at top speed in an attempt to make up for his poor backpass.
—Carl Anka, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
Traditional Asian medicine used C. asiatica for centuries for its nutritional and therapeutic properties, namely its influence on wound healing and anti-inflammatory effects.
—Amy Brownstein, Ms, Rdn, Verywell Health, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for namely
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This is especially true in our area as the most damage has been reported in Loveland.Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 28 Dec. 2024
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While the ban is not unique, the impact is especially large.Geoff Mulvihill and Kevin S. Vineys, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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Projections for air travel specifically were also quite high.Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2024
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Currently, Connecticut is one of fewer than 20 states that covers a GLP-1 drug specifically for weight loss under the state’s Medicaid program.Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 24 Dec. 2024
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Anything that makes cooking even a little bit easier is a worthy investment, specially because more cooking means less take out.Alex Ronan, Architectural Digest, 18 Dec. 2024
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Use cold-water detergent: If the temperature of your home's water regularly dips to around 60, buy detergent specially formulated for cold water.Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2024
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However, three election cycles is just a blink of an eye in the grand scheme of American history, so this could just be a blip borne of this specific political moment (to wit: three of the five uber-unpopular nominees were/are Trump).Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2024
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None of that should be surprising, even with Coachella’s increasing emphasis on pop, hip-hop, dance, and various flavors of world music (to wit: 2023 headliners Blackpink, Bad Bunny, and Frank Ocean).Steve Appleford, SPIN, 20 Apr. 2023
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“Namely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/namely. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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