right away

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Recent Examples of right away These formulas provide long-term benefits for the skin but can also instantly fill in fine lines, pores and other textures to improve the look of your skin right away. Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2025 Min-chan’s murderous actions eventually lead to Yang-rae’s death, but not right away. Kayti Burt, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025 While the letters didn’t result in any roles right away, Mackie eventually landed a meeting with directors Anthony Russo and Joe Russo. Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2025 Next year begins right away as Kaneland’s magical run came to an end Monday night with a 68-28 loss to DePaul Prep in the Class 3A Hoffman Estates Supersectional at NOW Arena. Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for right away
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Adverb
  • What's particularly troubling is how quickly investigators accepted the facial recognition result without pursuing basic corroborating evidence that would have immediately cleared the defendant.
    Lars Daniel, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Visuals aside, Friday’s performance was immediately hailed by some fans as one of the better ones in the 10 years since Dead & Company formed 10 years ago, out of the long-lingering ashes of the Grateful Dead.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 22 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • With the 100% withholding rule back, anyone who receives an overpayment notice should promptly contact SSA.
    Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • He was then promptly detained and scheduled for deportation.
    Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • It’s remained close to the vest—aka on the Notes App of my phone—until now.
    Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2025
  • For now, Brannon’s estate sale obsession — including her social media accounts, podcast and newsletter — is a fun, yet time-consuming passion project.
    Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 22 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • Whether buying something online, splitting a bill or sending money across borders, people expect their money to move instantly.
    Marc Sacal, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Should the Spurs need to hire a full-time coach to replace Gregg Popovich, who missed most of this season due to a stroke, Jenkins would instantly become a top candidate, league sources said.
    Kelly Iko, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • As a business owner, fostering an environment that promotes positivity, whether through workplace culture, networking, or personal mindset, can directly impact financial decision-making and success.
    Shane Enete, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • In team sports especially, and interactive individual sports where athletes compete directly against each other (i.e. boxing), being unorthodox can be advantageous in making someone more unpredictable.
    Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • Dine as locals do: Share a table, drink the potent tea, and be bold, nabbing small plates right off the clattering trolleys.
    Amanda Eyre Ward, Bon Appétit, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Seventeen games later, that direction of travel has turned out to be right off a cliff.
    Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 17 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • He’s remained a force right up to modern gems like Jay-Z’s 4:44, Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, and Vince Staples’ Summertime ’06.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Teslas have infamously run right into the broadsides of trucks on Autopilot, but it’s been regularly ruled that is not any sort of defect in Autopilot, which is not designed to be or expected to be perfect at that task.
    Brad Templeton, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • Don’t be tempted to eat them straight off of the cookie sheet—this is the hardest part of making this recipe.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 19 Jan. 2025
  • The British supermodel later popped up on the front row at Dolce & Gabbana, where designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana opened the doors of their HQ and had models walk straight off the runway out onto a makeshift catwalk on the street.
    Scarlett Conlon, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025

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“Right away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/right%20away. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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