as in strongly
in a vigorous and forceful manner
began to row powerfully toward the shore
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Nodding to Billy Wilder’s nonpareil noir, Gilmour dresses the ensemble in black and white and nothing but (the clothes are, for the most part, casually hip streetwear, a style that doesn’t land as powerfully as the monochrome palette).
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2024
Few embody this tumultuous journey as powerfully as Eileen Collins, NASA’s first female pilot and space shuttle commander.
—Dr. Ruth Gotian, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
The career of a flower so powerfully beautiful, fashion would inevitably declare it over.
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Agarwood has long been prized for its olfactory splendor.
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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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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2024
Few embody this tumultuous journey as powerfully as Eileen Collins, NASA’s first female pilot and space shuttle commander.
—Dr. Ruth Gotian, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
The career of a flower so powerfully beautiful, fashion would inevitably declare it over.
Plant of the Month: Agarwood
Agarwood has long been prized for its olfactory splendor.
—JSTOR Daily, 22 Nov. 2024
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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Where Trump gained ground in Southern California Once strongly liberal, Pico-Robertson saw support surge for Trump in the presidential election.Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
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As soon as the film begins, the viewer is made strongly aware of herself—her looking—and of her body, which experiences a vertigo.Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
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Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee the nation’s 18 intelligence agencies, is a woman of strong views, vigorously expressed.Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
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That independence needs to be recognized and protected by governments and society at large, and defended vigorously by institutions themselves.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
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Attorney general is one of the most high-profile and highly anticipated appointments, as Trump has fiercely criticized the Justice Department for prosecuting him and is expected to drastically change its makeup—and possibly push for retribution against his opponents.Sara Dorn, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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The Brit made several brave attempts to take the lead while Verstappen fiercely defended – actions from both drivers threatened to venture into the ‘reckless’ category.Sam Joseph, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
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All of my friends and loved ones—men, women, and nonbinary—live in lowercase, trying hard, screwing up, doing their best, falling short, hurting people, delighting people: the standard human comedy.James Parker, The Atlantic, 3 Dec. 2024
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An increasingly jealous Seth Rollins lectured Sami Zayn about teaming with Roman Reigns after both of them worked so hard to end the Bloodline.Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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Indigenous children were taken from their homes by government officials and sent to these schools to be forcefully assimilated into American culture.Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
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But the emotional arc of the character is less forcefully conveyed outside of the music.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Powerfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/powerfully. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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